First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty

by Bill Minutaglio

Book Overview

Offers a portrait of the two-time governor of Texas, George W. Bush, and describes his political family and presidential aspirations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609808672
• ISBN13: 9780609808672
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Actor Roscoe Born Reads This in Audio

Actor Roscoe Born who is Best known for his Emmy Award nominated roles of Robert and Quinn from 1990 and 1991 in the soap opera Santa Barbara reads this audio book with the same acting style and talents he showed in his acting roles.

Enlightening

It was fascinating to read the true story of the Bush family, not the assumptions often reported. Who knew that he came from such a downtrodden background, worked so hard to rise from the ashes and achieve greatness at Yale? It's no small wonder that we have this great man leading our country through the holy wrath of war!Like his father, George W. is a stern and honorable, if not particularly well-spoken, fella'. He reads a teleprompter with unequalled ease and skill, a testament to his ability to comfortably rely on others. AS this book shows, these are all traits he learned while growing up with the help of many other wealthy and able men who were able to take the burden off of poor George W.'s shoulders. He truly is great, not to mention lucky, and he has strutted his lightened shoulders into the White House with only the slightest help from his father's friends in the Supreme Court. Were it not for men like Bill Minutaglio, the world would be in horrible danger of being exposed to the false and misleading face of the truth. Buy this book!

Informative and Insightful

Bill Minutaglio truly fills in the gaps on the background of the 43rd President of the United States. Answering scores of questions about W's rise to power, while taking the high road in regards to some of the questionable aspects of the past, First Son is a fast paced read. In addition to providing interesting information about America's first family of politics, it provides insight into the President as a leader and a person.

Terrific and well-balanced

This biography ought to be read by everyone, "W" supporter or not. It's insightful, clear, colorful and gives a great sense of background about this man's early years. Minutaglio is a real WRITER who doesn't have any apparent political agenda other than giving readers the information they need to make their own decisions. Since it looks like the man may be president, this book will -- without doubt -- become THE info. source. I've lent it to several friends who also praise it highly. If it were out in paperback, they would have bought copies for themeselves...

well balanced, well written, well thought out

If you are looking for tabloid like Bush Bashing, don't look here (you might try The Father's Son, that one is quite good at trying to instill some what outdated class war fare dribble). This particular book is extremely well balanced. If you love the Bush clan, or hate them, you will find something within. Personally, I found it an insightful and interesting tale of one of our nations most powerful pollitical families. Is George W qualified to be President? Well that is a question that only time will answer. My thoughts are he is as qualified as the guy we have recently given the nod to twice, except, maybe George will actually care more for the country than himself. He does seem to learn and grow. Now that would be a pleasant change. However one thing is for certain, the Bush family is a political dynasty (now more impressive than the Kennedys) and the people of Texas sincerely love both of their Georges.