Will look for this in a couple months.
I have not read his other books, but he has written several about Reagan including, "Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan" and "The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All."
“...The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All...”
His book gives much credit to the political organization of Senator Jesse Helms in North Carolina including key Helms’ strategists Tom Ellis and Carter Wrenn.
There was much contempt for early Reagan campaingn director John Sears (who was smart in a sly fox sort of way) among the Helms people. True conservatives were wanted and needed and thus the 1980 coup against Sears at the time of the New Hamshire primary voting was very welcome.
Nancy Reagan and Senator Paul Laxalt encouraged Reagan to use his old Hollywood friends to help his ‘76 campaign. Among those who were active included, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Pat Boone, Efrem Zimblist Jr., Jack Webb, and Ken Curtis.