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Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life is a comprehensive narrative account of the life of Gerald Ford authored by one of his closest advisers, James Cannon. Written with unique insight and benefiting from personal interviews with President Ford in his last years, Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life provides the most complete examination of the life, the presidency, and the legacy of President Ford and is James Cannon’s final look at the simple and honest man from the Midwest.

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Cannon portrays a man who, despite the shadow of the Nixon pardon clouding his presidency, maintained an honorable reputation in the often unsavory business of politics. Booklist --Vanessa Bush Booklist (06/01/2013)

[T]his insider account persuasively demonstrates that [Ford] was a far better president than campaigner and that, at a particularly low moment in our history, we were perhaps luckier than we knew to have him. --Kirkus --Kirkus (05/02/2013) This is a first-rate political history and a compassionate biography. --Publishers Weekly --Publishers Weekly (04/26/2013) The life of this honest and plain-spoken man...will delight historians and general readers alike. --Dr. Henry Kissinger -- (03/26/2013) Cannon portrays a man who, despite the shadow of the Nixon pardon clouding his presidency, maintained an honorable reputation in the often unsavory business of politics. --Booklist --Vanessa Bush Booklist (06/01/2013)

Cannon portrays a man who, despite the shadow of the Nixon pardon clouding his presidency, maintained an honorable reputation in the often unsavory business of politics. <br>-- Booklist <br><br>--Vanessa Bush Booklist (06/01/2013)

Cannon portrays a man who, despite the shadow of the Nixon pardon clouding his presidency, maintained an honorable reputation in the often unsavory business of politics. -- Booklist --Vanessa Bush Booklist (06/01/2013)

Cannon portrays a man who, despite the shadow of the Nixon pardon clouding his presidency, maintained an honorable reputation in the often unsavory business of politics. Booklist --Vanessa Bush Booklist (06/01/2013)

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James Cannon was a journalist, serving notably as a war correspondent in Korea and vice president of Newsweek, as well as Domestic Policy Adviser to President Ford and Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. He published several books, including an authorised biography of Ford, Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History (University of Michigan Press, 1998).

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