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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.9280092
EAN: 9780743200417
ISBN: 0743200411
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 640
Publication Date: October 03, 2000
Publisher: Scribner
Studio: Scribner

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
In lieu of a memoir, All the Best, George Bush collects correspondence and diary entries from the former U.S. president to show, as he says, "what my own heartbeat is, what my values are, what has motivated me in life." The letters begin in 1942--when, fresh out of high school, Bush volunteered for U.S. Navy flight school--and continue to the brink of the 21st century, as the retired chief executive worries about the Melissa virus infecting his office's server and keeping his visiting grandchildren in line. ("I realize," he muses, "Keep the freezer door closed from now on and I mean it lacks the rhetorical depth of This will not stand or Read my lips.") All the Best hits all the highlights of Bush's career, from the Texas oil business to his role as ambassador to China, then CIA director, vice president under Ronald Reagan, and finally president himself. Along the way, he reveals a personality that is at turns compassionate, respectful, silly, doting, and resolute--a man for whom being a father and a grandfather matters as much as, and maybe even more than, being leader of the free world. Fans and detractors alike will find in All the Best an intimate human portrait that offers as sure a self-definition of Bush's personal life as A World Transformed did his presidential career.

Product Description:


Though reticent in public, George Bush has openly shared his private thoughts in correspondence throughout his life. Fortunately, since the former president does not plan to write his autobiography, this collection of letters, diary entries, and memos, with his accompanying commentary, will fill that void. As he writes in his preface, "So what we have here are letters from the past and present. Letters that are light and hopefully amusing. Letters written when my heart was heavy or full of joy. Serious letters. Nutty letters. Caring and rejoicing letters...It's all about heartbeat."

Organized chronologically, the volume begins with eighteen-year-old George's letters to his parents during World War II, when, at the time he was commissioned, he was the youngest pilot in the Navy. Readers will gain insights into Bush's career highlights -- the oil business, his two terms in Congress, his ambassadorship to the U.N., his service as an envoy to China, his tenure with the Central Intelligence Agency, and of course, the vice presidency, the presidency, and the postpresidency. They will also observe a devoted husband, father, and American. Ranging from a love letter to Barbara and a letter to his mother about missing his daughter, Robin, after her death from leukemia to a letter to his children two weeks before Nixon's resignation to one written to them just before the beginning of Desert Storm, the writings are remarkable for their candor, humor, and poignancy.




Rating: - One of the best presidents ever!
Because of good 'ol President Bush, the country is in the best shape it's ever been in! Thank you, Sir George W. Bush, for making this nation truly phenomenal.

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Rating: - Notes From 41
A solid, wide-ranging look at the life of an important American, told in his own words, "All The Best, George Bush" offers up a selection of George H. W. Bush's letters and diary entries before, during, and after his time as 41st President of the United States. Not long on substance, it nevertheless reflects the admirable values and likeable personality of one of the nation's most fascinating one-term leaders.

We meet George on the cusp of adulthood, entering the Navy as a pilot, unnerved ... Read More

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Rating: - President or Pollyana?
For a book title, "All the Best" is a dead give away. As one might have expected, this is a collection of sanitized and self-serving commercials that sell a certain image of GHWB. The second George Washington. Man of letters, wise elder statesman, resolute warrior for truth, justice, and freedom. The book has no revelations worth mentioning, no penetrating insights, no perceptive critiques, not much of anything even remotely interesting. It reads as if a sweet little old lady had been at the head of an ... Read More

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Rating: - This book was too much!
I bought this book to learn a little about the best looking United States President in history, at least according to me. The structure of the book is different, yet interesting. 630 pages in which you get to know this Congress Man, embassador, DCI, Vice President, President, and family man. One can learn how such an important public figure juggles politics and family life. Love him or hate him, this book is touching in every sense. He writes these letters from his heart, and a good portion of the ... Read More

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Rating: - George HW Bush in his words
George Bush (41st President, the father) wrote his autobiography while he was Vice President. After he left the Presidency, he decided to not write his memoirs (unlike other presidents) and let historians decide how his presidential years were. This is a big disappointment because it is always fun to read a Presidential Memoir when they come out, and also to learn about the different periods when they are a President. Fortunately, Bush was coaxed into collecting all his letters he had sent out to other people ... Read More

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