Reagan: His Life and Legend by Max Boot

"This elegant biography of the 40th president stands out for its deep authority and nimble style.... A landmark work." —New York Times, "10 Best Books of 2024""Reagan: His Life and Legend aims to be the definitive biography, and it succeeds." —New Yorker"Magisterial.... Important.... Vivid... Splendid." —Washington PostSon of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician—America’s fortieth president comes to three-dimensional life in this gripping and profoundly revisionist biography. In this “monumental and impressive” biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president’s aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents, Boot provides “the best biography of Ronald Reagan to date” (Robert Mann).The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-t