An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate [Hardcover]

Jeb Stuart Magruder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1974

Politics/History

Product Details

• Hardcover: 338 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum; 1st edition (1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689106033
• ISBN-13: 978-0689106033
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,956,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must walk In His Shoes Before Casting Stones, May 7, 1999

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[e-mail] (Beautiful Moab Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate (Hardcover)

I had'nt thought much about "Watergate" for many years,but found Magruder's book in a used book Dept. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it. I think it shows, if nothing else how easy one can be blinded by ambition, and become embroiled in a bad situation by trying to please ones superiors. My hat is off to Magrudeer, he was very candid and made no excuses for his behavior except to look back in disgust at his actions. If one lives long enough, and has normal inter-action with human nature, one will have at least one experience in which the old indian saying becomes reality "never judge until you've walked a mile in his moccasins"

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speaking His Own Truth, January 10, 2000

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[e-mail] (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate (Hardcover)

After having worked for Rev. Magruder in the mid to late '80's, I know the man personally and know that he wrote this book with nothing but fact and truth in mind. For anyone else reading this book, An American Life will be interpreted individually, but Jeb is truly one of the Watergate Eight that paid dearly, both professionally and personally, for his actions in the Watergate scandal. This is a book worth reading that will help today's youth understand how power, profession and politics from the '70's were used by both parties for gain in Washington.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I read this book with great interest. . ., September 18, 2002

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This review is from: An American life; one man's road to Watergate

I enjoyed this book, as I typically enjoy political memoirs. I'm glad that Rev. Magruder has found a measure of peace. My suggestion is to read this work along with the memoirs of others involved in Watergate. The shift in perspective was (for me) informative.