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Document 254635

RONALD REAGAN
His second autobiography.
Bookplate signed: "Ronald Reagan", 3½x5, affixed to the logo page of An American Life/Ronald Reagan/The Autobiography, 760p, 6½x9½, hardcover. Simon & Schuster, New York: 1990. First Edition. Inscribed in calligraphy: "To Jacob Swartz/With best wishes". Ronald Reagan had two careers: actor and politician. His first movie was Love is on the Air (1937) and his 53rd and last film was The Killers (1964). In 1965, he wrote his autobiography, Where's the Rest of Me?, a line from his role as Drake McHugh in King's Row (1942). Reagan left his job hosting television's Death Valley Days during the 1965-1966 season, when he entered politics. Elected Governor of California in 1966, he was reelected in 1970. Reagan began his campaign for the presidency and narrowly lost the 1976 Republican nomination to Gerald Ford. He was elected President in 1980 and was reelected in 1984. After leaving office in 1989, he wrote his second autobiography, presented here. On February 6, 2001, Reagan became just the third U.S. President to reach the age of 90. In original dust jacket, which is lightly worn. Bookplate and book are in fine condition.

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