Dick Cheney:A Life Of Public S (Gateway Biographies) [Library Binding]

Elaine Andrews (Author)

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From School Library Journal

Gr 3-6-Andrews starts with her subject's early years in Nebraska and ends with his inauguration in January 2001. Readers follow Cheney as he grew up, married his high school sweetheart, began working in Washington, became President Ford's chief of staff, became a congressman and then Secretary of Defense under George Bush Senior, his years at Halliburton, and then the run for vice president. The writing is serviceable at best, but in some instances, the need to explain a concept (public service) gets lost in a paragraph talking about what Cheney was doing. There are also some grammatical and typographical errors. Almost the same information can be found in encyclopedias or biographical dictionaries. Coverage of the past year (the run for the White House, the Florida controversy, etc.) is available on the Internet and in periodicals and newspapers. Unless you really need background in book format, save your money.

Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: 21st Century (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761323066
• ISBN-13: 978-0761323068
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,333,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dick - whatta guy!, September 28, 2004

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Sgt. Rock "richeeboy" (Lake Oswego, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dick Cheney:A Life Of Public S (Gateway Biographies) (Library Binding)

remeber those mushrooms clouds in EyeRak and how he got five draft deferments so he wouldn't have to go to Vietnam - a war that he supported. And how about his war profittering from halliburton - those choice dick moments are not here!

6 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hes #1, August 5, 2004

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John3v9 "john3v9" (texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dick Cheney:A Life Of Public S (Gateway Biographies) (Library Binding)

If you want to git a good vew of this grate mans life this is the book for you. Wenever I see people complaneing about are vice president it reely makes me sad, he already has a bad hart and that don't do no good for it, he dont need another one. Chenney is the BEST vice president we ever had in a long time and much better than the other one Bush had before: Quail! It shows in this book how he also worked for the other Bush and Reagan to, which are grate presadents themselves. If you look at this book it will tell you that all he has ever done is make this county grater and grater; but does Dan rather say this on the news? NO! he does'nt. All he ever talks about is things that don't matter to noone, like the why he did'nt go to vietnam like kerry did or stuff with his old company Hallibertin but did any-one stop to think to ask themself why? I do! And I will tell you now that baste on what it says in his book Cheney would never do any thing that is dishonest at all ever. Do you think that just because he could make billions of dollars for his old company, when he is already richer than anyone I know: he would not do it, which would be wrong. DUH, just like this book says he doe'nt even work there anymore, and he is not the type to do wrong things! And just because he met with all the peeple from Enron and Ken Lay an wont let them see the records that do'nt meen nuthing neither. He has a rite to privasy too. They have tried to attack him sense he came in and all they have for it is a lot of nothing. Him and Bush will win again no matter whjat they say or try to make them look bad, which is why he, just like BUsh shoold'nt he releese his old in come tax forms, who cares if every other vice presadent and presadent did. Why shoold they, the liberal media will just try to make it seem like they are rich people that don't care about nuthing but money and anyone who reeds this book will see that it is not true at all! His life is an insperation to us all.