Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography

Description for NANCY REAGAN: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by Kitty Kelley: There were First Ladies, and then there was Nancy Reagan---perhaps the most powerful and influential woman in the history of the United States. Kitty Kelley, author of the best-selling HIS WAY: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF FRANK SINATRA, has fashioned a portrait worthy of the lady and her singular position. NANCY REAGAN is a shrewd, psychologically perceptive and meticulously researched attempt to truly understand the complex woman who stood---for eight years---at the power center of American life. Through over 1,000 interviews collected during four years of exhaustive research and reporting, Kitty Kelley has succeeded in unmasking Nancy Reagan "as she is", her husband's truest ally. Kelley reveals Nancy Reagan as a superb public performer; a vain, materialistic social climber; a bitter foe and formidable strategist---and American Phenomenon. Rarely has a writer captured her subject so authoritative