Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady

Pat Nixon may be the least understood of modern first ladies. Although public opinion polls rated her one of our nation’s most admired women, few Americans really knew much about her.

This first scholarly biography of Thelma Ryan Nixon—the first biography in thirty-five years and the first to access her papers—goes further than any other book to show readers the real Pat Nixon. Lester David’s The Lonely Lady of San Clemente painted her as a tragic figure while Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s adorin...