Dutch (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Edmund Morris
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1912-1999
- Setting: Dixon, Illinois; California; Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Edmund Morris, Ronald Reagan, John Reagan, Nelle Reagan, Jane Wyman, Nancy Davis Reagan
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Midwest, California, West, U.S., Hollywood, Presidents
- Locales: California, Washington, D.C., Dixon, IL
On the copyright page of Edmund Morris’s Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, its publisher, Random House, has printed the following note:
This is an authorized biography and a work of extensive scholarship. All the words (written or spoken) of Ronald Reagan, all his recounted thoughts and acts, and indeed those of every historical character in the text, are matters of fact and record. Full documentation is available in the Notes, and the contributions of other writers or interlocutors indicated under “Acknowledgments.”
This is a peculiar preface to an...
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