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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - God, family and country leap from the pages in the just-released diaries of former President Ronald Reagan, but the cover-to-cover theme in Reagan's writings from the world stage is his wife, Nancy.
The 784-page "The Reagan Diaries," edited by Douglas Brinkley, made its debut Monday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, a day before the $35 book's national release. Nancy Reagan placed two of her late husband's five maroon, leather-bound diaries in a display case.
Reagan wrote diary notations each night for his eight-years as one of the 20th century's most popular presidents, with the exception of a few days after he was shot by John Hinckley Jr. — "Getting shot hurts," he wrote.
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