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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 125. Chapters: Ronald Reagan, William Goldman, Stephen E. Ambrose, Frederik Pohl, Kim Stanley Robinson, Dan Simmons, David Foster Wallace, John Hughes, Ann Bannon, Gary Forrester, Gwendolyn Brooks, William Albrecht, Robert Olen Butler, Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Ellen Hardin Walworth, David S. Broder, Boone Guyton, Iris Chang, Hugo O. Engelmann, Richard Powers, Carolyn Rodgers, Charles R. Johnson, Kira Salak, Kevin Grevioux, John Neihardt, Jackie Moran, Eugie Foster, Wilson Tucker, Dilip P. Gaonkar, Garet Garrett, Ian Brennan, Johnston McCulley, Harry Leon Wilson, Patrick Dennis, Thomas Geoghegan, Barry Hughart, Elmo Scott Watson, James Jones, George Hunt Williamson, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Ken Nordine, Elmer Gertz, Warren W. Wiersbe, Sol Bloom, Roxanna Brown, Alfred Balk, Quincy Troupe, Simone Elkeles, George Nonte, Dorr Felt, James Q. Wilson, Maxine Chernoff, W. Allison Sweeney, Valerie Taylor, Angel Leigh McCoy, Frank Edwards, Harold Brodkey, Wayne Reinagel, Thax Douglas, Michael Kleen, F. A. Nettelbeck, John Lancaster Spalding, Mick Parsons, Elizabeth Linington, Nancy Carpentier Brown, Jacqueline Kolosov, Susan Wittig Albert, Watts Humphrey, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Tom Bodett, Allison Joseph, Michael C. Ford, David Mura, Adam Rapp, William Cleaver Wilkinson, Marie Rutkoski, John Davis, James B. Stewart, Felix Pollak, Porter Shreve, Christian Wiman, Kerri Randles, Mary Frances Winston Newson, Edith Nash, Wendelin Van Draanen, John Susman, Ward Just, Jason Buhrmester, Margaret Smith, Diane Ackerman, Linnea Johnson, Leslie Ullman, Joe Gentile, Jennifer Rardin, Elizabeth Berg, George Helgesen Fitch, Adrian Matejka, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Stephanie Strickland, Kate Klise, Irene Hunt, Eliza Farnham, Opie Read, Alan Goldsher, J. F. Powers, Rebecca Wee, John Willis Menard, Patricia Lieb, Robert Boone, Ernest Poole, William L. Eagleton, Elijah Nicholas Wilson, Paul Scott Mowrer, John R. Powers, Mark Richard Zubro, Diane Johnson, Alan Schom, Keir Graff, Rick Shelley, Shane Gericke, E. B. Loan, Joan Bauer, Michael Norman, Anne Laughlin, Charna Halpern, Jacob O. Adler. Excerpt: Ronald Wilson Reagan /'r¿n¿ld 'w¿ls¿n 're¿g¿n/ (February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981-1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967-1975) and prior to that, an actor. Reagan was born in Tampico in Whiteside County, Illinois, reared in Dixon in Lee County, Illinois, and educated at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. Upon his graduation, Reagan first moved to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in 1937 to Los Angeles, California. He began a career as an actor, first in films and later television, appearing in over 50 movie productions and earning enough success to become a famous, publicly recognized figure. Some of his most notable roles are in Knute Rockne, All American and Kings Row. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric (GE), his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomi...