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Reagan has never received enough credit for his intellectual side. As a child, he devoured books, and he was so taken by King Arthur tales he named his cat Sir Lancelot. As an actor, he spent his on-set breaks reading, often boring his costars with current affairs facts. He began to consider running for something bigger than the SAG presidency.
The idea must have appealed to a reader like Reagan. He surely saw its political potential. John F. Once he started writing, in early , Reagan changed the angle from a Hollywood story to a full autobiography that could address his biggest weaknesses as a candidate for governor: the charge that he was a mere actor and that he was a far-right extremist.
Reagan got help from Richard Hubler, a talented ghostwriter. My face was blue from screaming, my bottom was red from whacking, and my father claimed afterward that he was white. Only after a Democrat took the White House did his perspective morph into so-called right-wing extremism.
He also made the safest play in politics, adding a paragraph that invoked Lincoln. When the book appeared, in , it sold , copies and won national praise. They wanted to test Reagan as a retail politician, and his book signings provided the perfect cover.
At one Los Angeles bookstore, Reagan arrived straight from his horse ranch. As we remember his legacy, it is important to note Reagan's greatest intellectual influences. In the article, Kengor reveals Reagan's two favorite titles. What were they? That Printer of Udell's by Harold Bell Wright As Kengor notes, "That Printer of Udell's" had an indelible impact on Reagan during his formative years as its main character proved to be a role model for the future president and upon closing the book led Reagan to say "I want to be baptized.
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