My Father, My President, Doro Bush Koch
My Father, My President, Doro Bush Koch
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My Father, My President
A Personal Account of the Life of George H. W. Bush

Author: Doro Bush Koch

Narrator: Doro Bush Koch

Unabridged: 25 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2013


Synopsis

Revised and updated with six new chapters and many new photographs following his death at age 94, this is the definitive account of George H.W. Bush's life and career written by his only daughter with his full cooperation.

Much happened to George H.W. Bush and the country since the initial publication of My Father, My President: His nemesis, Saddam Huessin, has been captured and executed. And while his son George W. Bush has left the White House, his grandson George P. Bush serves as the Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office.

As author Doro Bush Koch did for the 2006 edition, she again has contacted hundreds of the late President's friends and associates, conducted scores of interviews with dignitaries; tapped the memories of family members, including her late mother, her four brothers, and of course, her late father himself; and collected new information from the former President's never-before released files.

This memoir offers fascinating details about his tenure as head of the Republican National Committee during Watergate, Ambassador to the U.N., America's liaison to China, and Vice President for eight years under Ronald Reagan. Doro shows how the 41st President felt when two of his sons entered politics. She also sheds new light on the unlikely friendship with the President's once-rival Bill Clinton and former President Barack Obama. Distinguished by its many first-person accounts, never-before-published photos, and a foreword by the late Barbara Bush, My Father, My President is at once the history of a great man, and the chronicle of a rapidly changing nation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mara on March 18, 2014

When someone's daughter (yes, George H.W. Bush had a daughter- I was surprised too) writes a biography, you don't exactly expect it to be a hard-hitting examination of the good, bad and the ugly parts of their life. However, there is a genuine paucity of books on Bush 41 (the George Bushes took to c......more

Goodreads review by Mart on March 02, 2025

Why 5 Stars? Four for a nicely crafted story told by voices of family, friends and cohorts (from both sides of the aisle), and the fifth for the exceptionally decent man that George H. W. Bush was. He was, as they say, the kind of leader people wanted to follow: hardworking, compassionate, and fair,......more

Goodreads review by Staci on September 30, 2019

All politics aside I adore the this family. I'm on a mission to read every single book written by a member of the Bush family. I thought I had read them all and then came across this one written by Doro Bush. I think she did a fantastic job crafting together these stories throughout his life while a......more

Goodreads review by Alisa on August 09, 2018

This was a great book, full of the standard anecdotes and stories about President Bush, but with additional insights and a wonderfully warm, humorous and loving tone. His daughter does an excellent job infusing the personality of the family into stories that range from the personal to the political.......more

Goodreads review by Joy on May 21, 2012

There can never be too many books praising the Bush family since I'm a big fan. This was history from a daughter's perspective, with lots of insider info on family life as well as public life.......more