Richard Nixon: California's Native Son
Autor Paul Carter Cuvânt înainte de Tricia Nixon Coxen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 aug 2023
More biographies have been written on Nixon than any other U.S. politician. Yet the territory traversed by Carter is unexplored, revealing for the first time the people, places, and experiences that shaped Richard Nixon and the qualities that garnered him respect from those who knew him well.
Born in Yorba Linda and raised in Whittier, California, Nixon succeeded early in life, excelling in academics while enjoying athletics through high school. At Whittier College he graduated at the top of his class and was voted Best Man on Campus. During his career at Whittier’s oldest law firm, he was respected professionally and became a chief trial attorney. As a military man in the South Pacific during World War II, he was admired by his fellow servicemen. Returning to his Quaker roots after the war, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, and the vice presidency, all within six short years. After losing to John Kennedy in the 1960 presidential campaign, Nixon returned to Southern California to practice law. After losing his gubernatorial race he reinvented himself: he moved to New York and was elected president of the United States in 1968. He returned to Southern California after Watergate and his resignation to heal before once again taking a place on the world stage.
Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son is the story of Nixon’s Southern California journey from his birth in Yorba Linda to his final resting place just a few yards from the home in which he was born.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781640125605
ISBN-10: 1640125604
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 27 photographs, index
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 39 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Editura: Potomac Books Inc
Colecția Potomac Books
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 1640125604
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 27 photographs, index
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 39 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Editura: Potomac Books Inc
Colecția Potomac Books
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Paul Carter is an attorney with more than twenty years of experience in investigation and trial work. He is the author of the biographical map Native Son: Richard Nixon’s Southern California. Visit his website at richardnixonsocal.com. Tricia Nixon Cox is the elder daughter of Richard Nixon.
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New Beginnings
1908–22
Richard Milhous Nixon, born in Orange County and raised
in Los Angeles County, is the only native son of the Golden
State to become president. Nixon’s connection to Southern
California predates his birth, when his mother, Hannah Milhous,
moved there in 1897 from Indiana. Born on March 7, 1885, Hannah
was thirteen when she arrived in the small town of Whittier, California,
along with her parents, siblings, and grandmother. Hannah’s
father, Franklin Milhous, built the family’s first home on the south
side of Whittier Boulevard, a mile down the hill from Whittier
College and the First Friends Church. In 1952 the home was moved
five hundred feet to its current location on Starbuck Street.
The Milhouses were a close-knit family of devout Quakers who
set down roots in Whittier, becoming members of the First Friends
Church, and Franklin quickly became a popular man in the community.
His mother, Elizabeth, was a preacher and performed a
great deal of missionary work, giving sermons and starting Sunday
schools. His wife, Almira, was the anchor of the family and one of
the spiritual leaders of their new community. Instilled with their
religious commitment, daughter Hannah was devoted to her family,
church, and school. An excellent student, she earned her high school
diploma from the fledgling Whittier Academy. Friends described
Hannah as a wonderful young woman, “very intelligent,” “down-to-
earth,” and, in her minister’s words, “one of the finest Christian
ladies you could ever know.”
In early 1907 Frank Nixon worked his way from Columbus, Ohio.
His favorite Bible verse was “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread,” and he was willing to do any type of work, including jobs
as a sheep shearer, barber, glassblower, ox team driver, bricklayer,
carpenter, house painter, steeplejack, tractor driver, potato farmer,
linesman, and streetcar motorman. Years later Frank entertained
his son Richard with memorable tales of his “saga of onward, if not
upward, job mobility.” Though he was not a birthright Quaker,
Frank was a deeply spiritual person who regularly read the Bible and
attended church services in various towns as he made his way west.
By 1903 the Pacific Electric Railway “Red Line” streetcar served
Whittier with a station near the center of town. Within a few years
Frank Nixon found a job as a motorman on the line. And so it was
that Hannah Milhous and Frank Nixon came to reside in Whittier,
California, their lives intersecting at the First Friends Church on
Valentine’s Day 1908. Exhibiting her characteristic restraint, Hannah’s
first impression of Frank was that “he was very polite,” whereas
Frank was immediately smitten. The two saw each other every day
thereafter, with Frank often riding in his horse-drawn
buggy from the Judson Ranch, where he worked a second job, to the Milhous
home. To some it may have appeared an unexpected relationship.
Hannah was demure, while Frank was often loud and opinionated.
Hannah was insulated by her family and her community, obedient
to religion, while Frank was a man about town, independent and
freethinking.
When Hannah met Frank, he was rooming near the Whittier
Station at Charles and Louama Semans’s boardinghouse, which
Hannah referred to as “a taffy pull,” meaning a place where residents
sat around, endlessly debating topics of the day. This was a perfect
setting for Frank, recognized as intelligent and very articulate. “He’d
debate you on any subject and let you choose any side you wanted.
Nobody could dominate Frank Nixon. Nobody.” People knew that
when Frank got an idea, he stuck to it. “Two sledge hammers and
a crowbar—you couldn’t move him,” and yet “he had a wild sense
of humor” and was well liked.
1908–22
Richard Milhous Nixon, born in Orange County and raised
in Los Angeles County, is the only native son of the Golden
State to become president. Nixon’s connection to Southern
California predates his birth, when his mother, Hannah Milhous,
moved there in 1897 from Indiana. Born on March 7, 1885, Hannah
was thirteen when she arrived in the small town of Whittier, California,
along with her parents, siblings, and grandmother. Hannah’s
father, Franklin Milhous, built the family’s first home on the south
side of Whittier Boulevard, a mile down the hill from Whittier
College and the First Friends Church. In 1952 the home was moved
five hundred feet to its current location on Starbuck Street.
The Milhouses were a close-knit family of devout Quakers who
set down roots in Whittier, becoming members of the First Friends
Church, and Franklin quickly became a popular man in the community.
His mother, Elizabeth, was a preacher and performed a
great deal of missionary work, giving sermons and starting Sunday
schools. His wife, Almira, was the anchor of the family and one of
the spiritual leaders of their new community. Instilled with their
religious commitment, daughter Hannah was devoted to her family,
church, and school. An excellent student, she earned her high school
diploma from the fledgling Whittier Academy. Friends described
Hannah as a wonderful young woman, “very intelligent,” “down-to-
earth,” and, in her minister’s words, “one of the finest Christian
ladies you could ever know.”
In early 1907 Frank Nixon worked his way from Columbus, Ohio.
His favorite Bible verse was “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread,” and he was willing to do any type of work, including jobs
as a sheep shearer, barber, glassblower, ox team driver, bricklayer,
carpenter, house painter, steeplejack, tractor driver, potato farmer,
linesman, and streetcar motorman. Years later Frank entertained
his son Richard with memorable tales of his “saga of onward, if not
upward, job mobility.” Though he was not a birthright Quaker,
Frank was a deeply spiritual person who regularly read the Bible and
attended church services in various towns as he made his way west.
By 1903 the Pacific Electric Railway “Red Line” streetcar served
Whittier with a station near the center of town. Within a few years
Frank Nixon found a job as a motorman on the line. And so it was
that Hannah Milhous and Frank Nixon came to reside in Whittier,
California, their lives intersecting at the First Friends Church on
Valentine’s Day 1908. Exhibiting her characteristic restraint, Hannah’s
first impression of Frank was that “he was very polite,” whereas
Frank was immediately smitten. The two saw each other every day
thereafter, with Frank often riding in his horse-drawn
buggy from the Judson Ranch, where he worked a second job, to the Milhous
home. To some it may have appeared an unexpected relationship.
Hannah was demure, while Frank was often loud and opinionated.
Hannah was insulated by her family and her community, obedient
to religion, while Frank was a man about town, independent and
freethinking.
When Hannah met Frank, he was rooming near the Whittier
Station at Charles and Louama Semans’s boardinghouse, which
Hannah referred to as “a taffy pull,” meaning a place where residents
sat around, endlessly debating topics of the day. This was a perfect
setting for Frank, recognized as intelligent and very articulate. “He’d
debate you on any subject and let you choose any side you wanted.
Nobody could dominate Frank Nixon. Nobody.” People knew that
when Frank got an idea, he stuck to it. “Two sledge hammers and
a crowbar—you couldn’t move him,” and yet “he had a wild sense
of humor” and was well liked.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Foreword by Tricia Nixon Cox
Preface
1. New Beginnings: 1908–22
2. Early Success: 1922–26
3. Nixonville: 1926–30
4. Depression-Era Education: 1930–37
5. Service to Community and Country: 1937–45
6. Congressional Race: 1945–46
7. National Prominence: 1947–49
8. Senator: 1949–51
9. Vice-Presidential Campaign: 1952
10. Vice President: 1953–56
11. Preparation: 1957–60
12. Presidential Campaign: 1960
13. Welcome Home: 1961
14. Governor’s Race: 1961–62
15. Wilderness Years: 1963–68
16. President: 1968–74
17. Exile and Rehabilitation: 1974–80
18. Evening: 1980–94
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Foreword by Tricia Nixon Cox
Preface
1. New Beginnings: 1908–22
2. Early Success: 1922–26
3. Nixonville: 1926–30
4. Depression-Era Education: 1930–37
5. Service to Community and Country: 1937–45
6. Congressional Race: 1945–46
7. National Prominence: 1947–49
8. Senator: 1949–51
9. Vice-Presidential Campaign: 1952
10. Vice President: 1953–56
11. Preparation: 1957–60
12. Presidential Campaign: 1960
13. Welcome Home: 1961
14. Governor’s Race: 1961–62
15. Wilderness Years: 1963–68
16. President: 1968–74
17. Exile and Rehabilitation: 1974–80
18. Evening: 1980–94
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
“After decades of pretentious psychobiographies of Richard Nixon’s ‘darkest side,’ Paul Carter has produced a tour de force that is the definitive portrait of Nixon’s life from his childhood until the end of his career.”—Irwin Gellman, author of Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960
“Paul Carter is the first person to comprehensively review the records of Richard Nixon’s formative years. The result is a book that shines. It is a feat that will never be repeated.”—Luke A. Nichter, author of The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968
“Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son is remarkably well done and is the best biography of my brother that I have read. . . . Paul Carter has crafted a fascinating, lawyerly narrative, scrupulously following the evidence in his research. By shifting the focus of Dick’s life from Washington, DC, to Southern California for the very first time, the true Dick Nixon is revealed. For those who have not yet made up their mind about my brother, this will provide revelatory reading.”—Edward C. Nixon, brother of Richard Nixon
“Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son is superb—there’s really nothing like it in the Nixon literature, or even in the literature of the American presidency. Ed Nixon refers to Paul Carter’s work as ‘lawyerly,’ and that captures a lot of what makes the book invaluable: the careful assembling of masses of material after exhaustive research, presented with the clarity of style and directness of argument that the best lawyers command. I’m wowed by the whole thing.”—Andrew Ferguson, author of Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe’s America and former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush
“Paul Carter has done a brilliant job of providing an insightful and revealing portrait of Richard Nixon. Starting from his roots in Southern California and proceeding through his life in the public arena, Carter makes Nixon’s life come alive. Using source materials that have never been assembled so completely, coupled with meticulous attention to detail, the author has put together a compelling and important depiction of the life and emergence of Richard Nixon. . . . A superb portrait.”—John F. Rothmann, host of The John Rothmann Show on KGO 810 AM and lecturer on American politics at the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco
“Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son is a deeply researched, highly readable account of President Richard Milhous Nixon’s life from a distinctly Californian point of view. . . . By showing that Nixon was a product of both his time and his birthplace, Carter retells this very American story in a unique way. Destined to become a classic within Nixon literature, this is a must-add to the presidential bookshelf as well as a must-read for those studying native sons of the Golden State.”—Heather Hardage Lee, author of The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home
“A highly readable examination of Richard Nixon’s character and career. This story is impeccably detailed, with the author utilizing a wide variety of primary historical sources to illuminate Nixon’s rise, fall, and ultimate redemption on the grandest stage of American politics. Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son portrays the highest highs and the deepest lows that any American politician ever experienced. Paul Carter’s outstanding coverage of Richard Nixon’s remarkable journey stands in a class by itself.”—Joseph Dmohowski, Whittier College librarian and Nixon family author and historian
Descriere
This biography of Richard Nixon covers his uniquely Southern California life in full circle, from his birth in Yorba Linda to his final resting place just a few yards from the home in which he was born.