02162cam a2200397 i 4500 24725 24725 17786556 OSt 20190501235220.0 130621s2014 nyuaf 000 0ceng 2013024650 9781451676945 (hardcover) 9781451676969 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc n-us--- E856 .S95 2014 973.924092/2 B 23 Swift, Will, 1947- 829 Pat and Dick : the Nixons, an intimate portrait of a marriage / Will Swift. First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. New York : Threshold Editions, 2014. x, 479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-447) and index. Part I. An ambitious young couple -- "Will you think of me sometimes?" -- Going places -- Married, happily -- Love after Pearl Harbor -- Giant slayers -- The faces of America's future -- Crises on the homefront -- Safeguarding the American home -- Part II. Cultural leaders and private citizens -- "Heroes" and "housewives": Dick, Ike, Pat and Mamie -- A turbulent ascent -- Enduring defeat -- Darkness -- Your turn, my turn -- Part III. White House dreams and nightmares -- Adjusting to the White House fortress -- "We had held our own" -- A private marriage in the public spotlight -- Love in the White House -- The zenith -- Falling apart -- Part IV. Affliction and recovery -- Renewal in exile -- A peaceful twilight -- Epilogue. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. 830 Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993. 831 Presidents United States Biography. 832 Presidents' spouses United States Biography. 85 Married people United States Biography. 791 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK ddc 0 3 ABELJ abelj LST 2017-03-28 30.00 1 B NIXO 36656 2017-05-20 2017-05-20 2017-03-28 BOOK