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06-21-2001, 10:36 AM
Dinner with Dutch (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010621-83181744.htm)
Inside the Beltway
John McCaslin
Dinner with Dutch
To mark former President Ronald Reaganīs 90th birthday, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation has commissioned a rather impressive book of photographs titled "Ronald Reagan: An American Hero."
And donīt just take our word for it.
"A work of devotional art," says William F. Buckley Jr., founder of National Review. "I havenīt seen a more beautiful portrait of anyone, living or dead."
Others given a sneak peak include television talk-show host Larry King, who labels the new book "a pictorial masterpiece," while syndicated columnist George F. Will remarks: "To open this book at any page is to meet an old friend radiating the vigor and hope with which he infused the nation. The book is as big and colorful and stirring as the life it celebrates."
Former top Reagan aide Frederick J. Ryan Jr., vice chairman and chief operating officer of Washington-based Allbritton Communications Co. who serves as chairman of the board of trustees of the Reagan Presidential Foundation, says the book will be available at bookstores on July 4, with proceeds benefiting the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
The book contains more than 500 archival and full-color images of the nationīs 40th president, including many never-before published photographs from Nancy Reaganīs private collection.
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Inside the Beltway
John McCaslin
Dinner with Dutch
To mark former President Ronald Reaganīs 90th birthday, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation has commissioned a rather impressive book of photographs titled "Ronald Reagan: An American Hero."
And donīt just take our word for it.
"A work of devotional art," says William F. Buckley Jr., founder of National Review. "I havenīt seen a more beautiful portrait of anyone, living or dead."
Others given a sneak peak include television talk-show host Larry King, who labels the new book "a pictorial masterpiece," while syndicated columnist George F. Will remarks: "To open this book at any page is to meet an old friend radiating the vigor and hope with which he infused the nation. The book is as big and colorful and stirring as the life it celebrates."
Former top Reagan aide Frederick J. Ryan Jr., vice chairman and chief operating officer of Washington-based Allbritton Communications Co. who serves as chairman of the board of trustees of the Reagan Presidential Foundation, says the book will be available at bookstores on July 4, with proceeds benefiting the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
The book contains more than 500 archival and full-color images of the nationīs 40th president, including many never-before published photographs from Nancy Reaganīs private collection.
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Click here to read more (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010621-83181744.htm)