Fortunate son : George W. Bush and the making of an American president / J.H. Hatfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatfield, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Bush, George W.

Governors--Texas--Biography.

Governors.

Texas.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.

Presidential candidates.

Texas--Politics and government--1951-.

Politics and government.

Children of presidents--United States--Biography.

Children of presidents.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Soft Skull Press, 2000.

Summary:

Why was this book burned? What is in it that warrants censure?

J.H. Hatfield's Fortunate Son juxtaposes Bush's accomplishments as Governor of Texas with the specters of the Republican Presidential front-runner's past. Although charismatic, Bush has not been able to escape accusations of draft-dodging Vietnam and cocaine abuse. Fortunate Son provides the full research on these and other allegations, including anti-Semitism in the Bush Family and a possible connection to the BCCI Scandal.

Despite a spectacular thrashing in public, Author J.H. Hatfield has retracted nothing. He stands by his three sources that allege Bush was arrested for cocaine possession in 1972.

Underneath heavy fire in the media, the former publisher panicked. But as Jenny Lyn Bader points out in The New York Times, "If he's merely a convicted felon...that doesn't preclude him from being a successful writer. Indeed, St. Martin's Press underestimates the forgiveness of the American people. People might not mind a former convict writing a book as long as the book is really good".

Fortunate Son was #30 on The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best-Seller list. Reader responses on the web show Americans outraged at this title's suppression: some saying that this book has changed their vote, while others don't accept that a meticulous, fact-checking biographer should be "baby seal-clubbed" with allegations about his past.

Soft Skull reprints Fortunate Son to allow the voters to judge for themselves. We hope to prove that democracy can still exist despite the preferences of the privileged.

Contents:

1. The Founding Fathers 5

2. Young and Irresponsible 26

3. Ties That Bind 53

4. Home Run 75

5. Wine and Losses 97

6. The Family Business 120

7. "Ann Doesn't Work Here Anymore" 143

8. The Measure of the Man 165

9. Crime and Punishment 182

10. New Dog, Old Tricks 205

11. Walk, Don't Run 231

12. Great Expectations 261.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 1999. With new foreword.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-367) and index.

ISBN:

1887128506

OCLC:

43393901