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After President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office in 1961, he retired to a farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Living next door was his teenage grandson, David; they would be neighbors for the rest of the decade. Based on personal stories, letters, diaries, and the reminiscences of Eisenhower's closest friends, Going Home to Glory is both an intimate chronicle of the elder statesman's final years and a coming of age story. In this book, Eisenhower emerges as both a beloved and forbidding figure, whether relaxing at home or playing golf, advising presidents Kennedy and Johnson and 1968 presidential hopeful Richard Nixon, or rendering sage advice to young people--including the author. Set amidst the turbulent sixties, the author describes Eisenhower's many efforts to influence a bewildered nation on civil rights and Vietnam. David Eisenhower's first book about his grandfather, Eisenhower at War, was a bestseller and a finalist for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in History. Going Home to Glory, a personal sequel, offers completely new insight into one of the country's most respected presidents.

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"[Arthur Morey] brings alive the wry joy in David Eisenhower's anecdotes about President Dwight D. Eisenhower.... This biography is worth hearing.-- ""AudioFile"" ""Gracefully written...A warm personal recollection and a cogent summary of Eisenhower's place in the American political spectrum."" -- ""Los Angeles Times"" ""Some books are written from the head; others, from the heart. Going Home to Glory, which David Eisenhower composed with ample assistance from his wife, Julie, is both, though it tilts pleasingly toward the latter."" -- ""Philadelphia Inquirer"""

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David Eisenhower is the director of the Institute for Public Service at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Eisenhower at War, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History. Educated at Philips Exeter Academy, Amherst College, and George Washington University Law School, he is the son of John and Barbara Eisenhower and the grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. His wife, Julie, is the daughter of President Richard Nixon. They live in suburban Philadelphia. Julie Nixon Eisenhower is the author of Special People and Pat Nixon: The Untold Story. She is the daughter of former president Richard Nixon and the wife of David Eisenhower, the grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. She and David live in suburban Philadelphia. Julie Nixon Eisenhower is the author of Special People and Pat Nixon: The Untold Story. She is the daughter of former president Richard Nixon and the wife of David Eisenhower, the grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. She and David live in suburban Philadelphia. Arthur Morey has acted in a number of productions, both Off-Broadway in New York and Off-Loop in Chicago. He's won several Earphones Awards and has been repeatedly listed by AudioFile Magazine as a Best Voice over the years.

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