About three-dozen chapters later, the book concludes its coverage as Nixon watched his political world begin to collapse in April 1973 – about sixteen months before his resignation but after it became clear his presidency would not have a happy ending. It quickly launches into a day-to-day (and often moment-to-moment) account of Nixon’s presidency beginning with his first full day in office. The book begins with a first-person introduction to its subject – Reeves’s perspective on his presidency, his character and his idiosyncrasies. But anyone who has read the author’s 1993 biography of JFK will recognize this 609-page book’s rapid pace and its birds-eye view of events which took place in and around the Oval Office during most (but not quite all) of Nixon’s presidency. Reeves’s book is neither a comprehensive survey of Nixon’s life nor a thorough study of his presidency. He has served as Chief Political Correspondent for The New York Times, as National Editor and Columnist for New York Magazine and Esquire and was Chief Correspondent for PBS’s “Frontline.” Reeves is a former journalist and the author of sixteen books, including biographies of John F. “ President Nixon: Alone in the White House” by Richard Reeves was published in 2001.
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