Ronnie and Nancy - Their Path to the White House--1911 to 1980 - E-book - ePub

Six years in the making -- with unprecedented access to Nancy Reagan and the couple's closest friends -- here is the first volume in the definitive portrait of the remarkable, career building partnership between Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. Celebrity insider and Vanity Fair special correspondent Bob Colacello reveals the social history of Ronald and Nancy Reagan as no one ever has before, from the formation of their unique alliance through their rise to the heights of power.
Colacello exposes facets of their marriage that have always been hidden from public view. Ronald, born into modest circumstances in rural Illinois, and Nancy, raised in a fashionable enclave of Chicago, both learned early on the value and importance of cultivating the right friendships. Over the years, they perfected their social skills into an art form, becoming one of the film industry's most talked-about power couples.
But Hollywood was only the beginning....