Introduction
He wasn't a complicated man. He was a private man, but he was
not a complicated one. But he was a very sentimental one. And he was a very,
very good writer. All of his ideas and thoughts were formulated well before he
became governor or certainly president.
Nancy Reagan, in an interview with the
editors
Ronald Reagan wrote, in his own hand, from his high school years right through
his presidency and on into retirement — until Alzheimer's disease wreaked its
gradual destruction. He wrote not only letters, short fiction, poetry, and
sports stories, but speeches, newspaper articles, instructions to his cabinet
and staff, and radio commentary on public policy issues, both foreign and
domestic.
Nevertheless, many of the writings under his name — including the two books,
Where's the Rest of Me? and An American Life — were partially
written by ghostwriters. A few of his presidential speeches were drafted
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