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[4303] Reagan, Ronald

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
[4303] Reagan, Ronald
<Our item number 72808><B>Reagan, Ronald.</B> Unique Typed Foreword Signed as President, on White House stationery, Washington, December 13, 1984, 2½ pp quarto. Pages one and two are the same, except that one is dated; page three is signed. This foreword, the first ever written for a commercial book by a President in office, appeared in <I>Norman Rockwell&#39;s Patriotic Times</I> by George Mendoza, published by Viking, New York, 1985. President Reagan wrote, in part: &#34;<I>The America in which young Rockwelll grew up and launched his career was still mostly a Nation of small towns. Neighbor knew neighbor, farmers visited Main Street to swap tales at the barber shop, and Babe Ruth was just beginning to attract notice as a slugger. In far-off Europe, storm clouds were gathering, but in our country, these were days of sunshine. The American people had tamed a continent, achieved prosperity, and secured peace for our Nation. They were a hard-working, church-going people, filled with spirit and faith. / It was this America that Norman Rockwell so deeply loved. For decades, he shared that love with us all…./ Our Nation has changed profoundly since the days of the America that Norman Rockwell so skillfully portrayed. Yet the values that he cherished and celebrated -- love of God and country, hard work, neighborhood, and family -- still give us strength, and will shape our dreams for the decades to come. / I hope you will enjoy as much as Nancy and I have the poems and other patriotic selections assembled here by Mr. Mendoza, along with highlights of Norman Rockwell&#39;s illustrations. As we build America&#39;s future, we will do well to take inspiration from our Nation&#39;s past, and no one captured that past more lovingly than Norman Rockwell, artist and patriot.</I>&#34;<BR><BR>The President also Signed and Inscribed a First Edition of Rockwell&#39;s book on the title page to author Mendoza: &#34;<I>To George Mendoza - With great appreciation, every good wish & Very Best Reg ards. Ronald Reagan / Sept. 26, 1986</I>.&#34; The elegant volume is illustrated in full color with pictures by Rockwell, depicting the nostalgia of small-town America. The text is composed of speeches and essays by revered Americans such as Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, and Walt Whitman. 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