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Shortlisted for the 2015 Plutarch Award for Best Biography, the most humanizing portrait of the Nixons were likely to have (Douglas Brinkley) is a sweeping depiction of the turbulent fifty-three-year marriage of Richard and Pat Nixon. When Americans remember the controversial Nixons, they usually focus on the political triumphs, the turbulent White House years, and the humiliating public downfall. But a very different image of the polarizing president emerges in this fascinating portrait of his relationship with Pat. Now, the couples recently released love letters and other private documents reveal that as surely as unremitting adversity can fray the fabric of a marriage, devotion can propel it to surmount disgrace and defeat. In Pat and Dick , biographer Will Swift brings his years of experience as a historian and as a marital therapist to this unique examination of a long-misunderstood marriage. Nixon the man was enormously brilliant, insecure, sometimes coldly calculating, and capable of surprising affection with his wife. Much less is known about Pat. With the help of personal writings and interviews with family and friends, Swift unveils a woman who was warm and vivacious, yet

Author

Swift, Will, 1947-

Publisher

Threshold Editions, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781451676952

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

3.92 / 5 (81 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14