Book #14513

Humor And The Presidency - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Gerald R. Ford
Book #14513 Humor And The Presidency - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Gerald R. Ford.
Humor And The Presidency - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Arbor House, 1987.
ISBN: 0877959188

An attractive first printing of the first edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, personally SIGNED by author and former U. S. President Gerald R. Ford on front fly-leaf. Slight bumping to head and foot of spine.

Humor and the Presidency is autobiographical, but it also presents ex-United States President Gerald Ford's ideas linking together one's capacity to lead with one's capacity to laugh at oneself. In a collection of essays, Ford explains how humor has eased his way through the political process and has made him a more popular figure. Ford points out that although he may not generate the humor as comedians do, he serves the important role of being the target of others humorous creativity. Included are political cartoons spanning American history from Thomas Nast to Pat Oliphant; 8vo; [xii], 162, [2] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $370.00

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Author Bio

Ford, Gerald R.

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. on July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska. Ford was the 38th President of the United States, coming to power after the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. Ford’s last memoir, A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission, gives an outlook of an American president in the years before his death. Ford died on December 26, 2006 in Rancho Mirage, California.

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