Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-The-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford

Thomas M. DeFrank

ISBN 10: 1415945675 ISBN 13: 9781415945674

Publisher: Books on Tape, 2007

Synopsis

In an extraordinary series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years with the stipulation that they not be released until after Ford's death, the thirty-eighth president of the United States reveals a profoundly different side of himself: funny, reflective, gossipy, strikingly candid-and the stuff of headlines.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas M. DeFrank is the Washington bureau chief of the New York Daily News, and was Newsweek’s White House correspondent for a quarter-century, and deputy chief of the magazine’s Washington bureau for twelve years.

From AudioFile:

Early in his career, Tom DeFrank began decades of on- and off-the-record chats with the man who would become the 38th president. Through an endearing narration by Scott Brick, listeners feel as if they're in the room as Ford speaks candidly to the longtime Washington reporter. Ford opens up about fellow politicians, his post-presidential schedule, his love of his home state of Michigan, and more. The book covers personalities more than policies and is not to be considered a biography, but it touches on many interesting aspects of Ford's life. Brick changes his voice ever so slightly when expressing Ford's words and DeFrank's empathy. In listening, one develops a good sense of their relationship while learning much about the former president. M.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Books on Tape
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1415945675
• ISBN 13: 9781415945674
• Binding: Audio CD