HarperCollins to Publish Reagan Diaries

Yahoo News! ^ | Tue Apr 26

[nickcarraway]

NEW YORK - Ronald Reagan's handwritten diaries of his eight years in the White House will be published as a book to be released next year, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation and HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday.

Reagan, who died at 93 last June following a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease, wrote in his diaries every day of his presidency, recording his thoughts on events both routine and historic, officials said.

While the volumes "were not initially intended for publication, we feel that these volumes offer an unprecedented insight into the Reagan Presidency," said Frederick Ryan Jr., chairman of the foundation's board of trustees.

Tim Duggan, executive editor at HarperCollins, will be the editor on the project.

[Minuteman23]

This should be an amazing book. Will be looking for it next year. Thanks for posting.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Cool. I'll have to add it to my Amazon wish list (which is now comically bloated). I still have yet to get "An American Life" (and yes, I even have "My Life" on there; I'm not quite sure why).

The thing about Journals is that they can be hit or miss. Reagan may have used several secret phrases that only he knew the meaning behind, and he may not have committed all the world's goings-on to the page. That said, the Gipper's pen surely preserved some of the thoughts that changed the world for the better.

[LibertarianInExile]

Oh, crap.

I don't have a good feeling about this at all, actually.

When diaries aren't intended for publication, it's a bad sign when they ARE published that the person who writes them will come off looking crappy.

Nancy hasn't shown the sharpest eye to detail in making sure he comes off well. And her political bent doesn't seem the same as his.

I'll keep my fingers crossed.