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An american life is a warm, richly detailed, and deeply human book, a brilliant selfportrait, a significant work of history. The reagan canon contains books on his spirituality, his character and his dream of a world free of nuclear weapons. Newt gingrich, reagan reflected, had never in his life fit properly into a suit. Ronald reagan books list of books by ronald reagan. Ronald reagan in october 1971 during which reagan referred to african leaders as monkeys.
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