Destined for Destiny The Unauthorized Autobiography of George W. Bush

by Dikkers, Scott; Hilleren, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780743299671
• ISBN10: 0743299671
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-05
• Publisher: Scribner

Summary

Written from the heart, not from the brain, this definitive autobiography takes readers on a journey through the forty-third President's life, including his hardscrabble beginnings as the child of West Texas oil millionaires, the unparalleled academic performance that earned him entry into the finest East Coast schools, and his proud service to the country as an occasional member of the National Guard some time around 1972 or 1973. Bush proudly recounts his years as a successful oil-business failure and the owner of a baseball team. The great man who emerges from these pages displays his mother's steely resolve and vindictive temper, his father's keen mastery of language, and his own unique gift of deciding. His gripping life story deepens when a faith in God hits him one day "like a bottle of Jack on an empty stomach," and he has an encounter with the Prince of Peace that sets George W. Bush on a path to become the greatest War President in modern history.

Author Biography

To help craft this lasting account of his life and leadership, George W. Bush turned to two writers who have earned not only his trust but his deep friendship: Scott Dikkers, editor-in-chief of The Onion and coauthor of the #1 bestseller Our Dumb Century, and Peter Hilleren, former producer for public radio and some of the nation's finest public-access cable-television stations. Dikkers and Hilleren call on their finely honed journalism expertise every week to write and record the President's weekly radio address on WeeklyRadioAddress.com. Their work on such stirring addresses as "June Terror Update" and "The Pope Is Dead" made them the ideal choice to meet the challenge of chronicling the visionary mark left on history by its shining light, President George W. Bush.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Like "Roots" Only White	p. 1
A Legacy of Destiny	p. 9
No Bush Child Left Behind	p. 17
Teacher's Pest	p. 23
Campus Radical	p. 33
Flying High!	p. 41
Then I Ran Some Companies into the Ground	p. 49
The Clown-Faced Zombie I Call My Wife	p. 57
George W. Bush, Congressman from Texas's 19th District-Got a Nice Ring to It!	p. 65
My Name Is George W. Bush and I Am Not an Alcoholic	p. 73
The Greatest Love of My Life: Jesus	p. 79
George Walker, Texas Ranger	p. 87
Bush for President: Champion of the Little Guy	p. 97
I Won! Or Lost, Whatever	p. 109
9-11: My Finest Hour	p. 119
It's a Wonderful War	p. 131
2004: Another Mandate	p. 145
My Enduring Legacy: Mount Rushmore?	p. 157
More Words	p. 167
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