Ronald Reagan Book Summary

Ronald Reagan is an autobiography written by Michael Schaller. Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. His father was John Edward and his mother was Nelle Wilson. John Edward was a shoe salesman and Nelle Wilson was a mother and homemaker. Ronald was a lifeguard when he was a young adult. He saved a total of seventy-seven lives from drowning. Ronald Reagan was a liberal Democrat and later became a Republican conservative. In 1940 Ronald Reagan married Jane Wyman, an actress who he starred in two Warner Brothers films together. They had a daughter named Maureen, adopted a son, Michael, and lost an infant right after her birth. Eight years later, Wyman filed for a divorce. Three years later after the divorce, Reagan married Nancy Davis, actress. Nancy and Ronald had two children: a daughter named Patricia and a son named Ronald Jr. …show more content…
He declined to run for a third term. In 1985 he had surgery to remove a cancerous colon tumor. In Reagan’s inaugural address on January 20, 1981, he became the fortieth president of the United States. In his speech he stated, “government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” On March 30, 1981, Reagan was almost assassinated by John Hinckley Jr. The wounds on Reagan were more serious than he thought and he almost bled to death. When we was going under surgery he joked with the staff, “I hope you are all Republicans.” The surgery was a success and Ronald told all his friends he believed God had spared his life for a