Gerald R. Ford: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States) [Hardcover]

John R. Greene (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0313281955 | ISBN-13: 978-0313281952 | Publication Date: June 14, 1994

The only full bibliography on the Ford years, this volume offers a complete compilation of material pertaining to the life and political career of Gerald R. Ford. The documents included trace Ford's growth from his early days as a child in Grand Rapids, through his naval service in World War II, his 1948 election to Congress and 1965 selection as Republican Minority Leader, to his 1973 nomination and selection as Richard Nixon's vice-president and his 1974 accession to the presidency. The work contains over 350 references to manuscript material on the Ford years, as well as monograph, journal article, and memoir sources, including the first full listing of Ford's own writings available in print. Oral histories, historiographical materials, iconography, and other audiovisual materials are also included.

The bibliography is a particularly broad-based one, including short essays on the audiovisual and iconographic material available and a wide range of entries on available archival material. All the archival material presently available at the Gerald R. Ford Library is included. Most of the entries include a short annotation. The volume also provides an extensive chronology of the Ford years.

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?Because of its breadth of material on an American president, this bibliography is recommended for all extensive American history reference collections.?-Reference Book Review

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The first full-length bibliography on the Ford years, this volume provides a complete compilation of material pertaining to the life and political career of Gerald R. Ford.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood (June 14, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313281955
• ISBN-13: 978-0313281952
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,534,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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John Robert Greene is the Paul J. Schupf Professor of History and Humanities at Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY, where he has taught for the past thirty-two years. He is the director of the Social Science program, and serves as the College Archivist.

Dr. Greene's teaching and writing specialty lies in American Political History, particularly the American presidency. He has written or edited seventeen books. His latest book--entitled America in the Sixties and released in October 2010--is rich in both anecdotes, stories, and thoughtful analysis, as it utilizes the author's three decades of teaching and publishing on that fascinating and volatile period.

Greene's other books include one on the election of Dwight Eisenhower, one on the Nixon presidency, three on the Ford presidency, and a critically acclaimed book on The Presidency of George Bush. This book, based on over one hundred interviews--including one with former President Bush--was recently praised in the leading journal in the field as "the best book to date on the Bush administration." His biography of Betty Ford--the first biography published of that first lady, has also earned for him strong reviews. Of his four books on the history of higher education, his Generations of Excellence: A History of Cazenovia College continues to raise funds for scholarships at Cazenovia College. His next two book, due out in December 2010, will be an encyclopedia of the George W. Bush administration. Greene is presently working on a study of America in the 1930s.

Both his students and his colleagues have honored Dr. Greene. At Cazenovia College, he was awarded the school's first endowed chair. He has been chosen to speak to the graduating class on several occasions, and in 1993 the faculty voted him the honor of Distinguished Faculty Member.

Dr. Greene is also a regular political commentator on several radio call-in shows around the country, and has recently offered commentary on C-SPAN, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. His most recent foray into the national media was in March 2009, when he was a featured analyst for the PBS special, "Betty Ford: The Real Deal."

Born and raised in Syracuse, N.Y., Dr. Greene received his undergraduate degrees from St. Bonaventure University, and his Ph.D. in Modern American History from Syracuse University. In other lives, he was a radio disc jockey, played in a very bad small rock band, and taught the visually handicapped.