Fortunate Son George W. Bush and the Making of an American President

by Hatfield, J. H.; Miller, Mark Crispin; Palast, Greg

• ISBN13: 9781887128841
• ISBN10: 1887128840
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-12
• Publisher: Soft Skull Press

Summary

Since 2000, "Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President has been the most talked-about Bush biography, weathering a fierce storm of controversy and suppression, After original publisher st. Martin's Press received threats from Bush campaign lawyers and saw their author destroyed in public, they withdrew their edition of 70,000 from stores with promises to burn them. We republished the book, but ran into corporate media (like "60 Minutes, and media "watchdog" "Bill's Content) intent on attacking the author. A Texas lawsuit shut down distribution of this revealing biography. Hatfield's life became the bigger story, and his message seemed destined to remain unheard. We nevertheless released an updated second edition of "Fortunate Son in June 2001, adding analyses of our "selected president" by noted historians, attorneys, and professors, and a new introduction by NYU media professor Mark Crispin Miller, author of "The Bush Dyslexicon. Shortly thereafter, on July 17, 2001, Jim Hatfield checked himself into a motel in Arkansas and took an

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Author's Note	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. xxix
Prologue	p. 1
The Founding Fathers	p. 5
Young and Irresponsible	p. 26
Ties That Bind	p. 53
Home Run	p. 75
Wine and Losses	p. 97
The Family Business	p. 120
"Ann Doesn't Work Here Anymore"	p. 143
The Measure of the Man	p. 165
Crime and Punishment	p. 182
New Dog, Old Tricks	p. 205
Walk, Don't Run	p. 231
Great Expectations	p. 261
Epilogue: Brand Name	p. 294
Afterword	p. 299
Source Notes	p. 313
Index	p. 369
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