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Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library w Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library Ronald Reagan at the Dixon Public Library As is befitting for the public library where Ronald Reagan was himself a member, the Dixon Public Library is proud of its extensive collection of books about the 40th President. Our Reagan Collection can be found online using this link: https://tinyurl.com/dplreagancollection. Click on the link and you will be taken to a listing of all of our Reagan items in our online catalog. On the following pages is a list of over 370 items and 260 distinct titles that the library holds on Reagan. We hope that you find this list useful. We will keep it up to date, as we add new titles. If you have any questions or suggestions for specific items we might add to this collection, please address those to the Director of the Dixon Public Library, Antony Deter. A quick note on Locations box. Most of the books and DVDs are kept on the Reagan Collection shelves on the main floor of the library, although a few of the rarer items are kept in the vault. The Reagan Collection Newspaper and Photograph boxes are kept in the vault, pamphlets are kept in magazine boxes at the adult desk, as is the Index Card Items not on the shelves may be requested, but may take a few minutes to retrieve and may only be used in the library. Call Location Title Author Year Type Number Notes "The president has been shot": confusion, disability, and the 25th amendment in the RC Ab835p Abrams, Herbert L. 1991 Book aftermath of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan RC Am16b The Brink Ambinder, Marc 2018 Book RC Ronald Reagan Anderson, Janice 1982 Book An2377r Reagan's secret war: the untold story of his RC An241r fight to save the world from nuclear Anderson, Martin 2009 Book disaster RC Ar68r The Reagan Imprint Arquilla, John 2005 Book RC B149t Three Days in Moscow Baier, Bret 2018 Book Riding with Reagan: from the White House RC B2491r Barletta, John R. 2005 Book to the ranch Gambling with history: Ronald Reagan in RC B2756g Barrett, Laurence I. 1983 Book the White House Reaganomics: supply side economics in RC B2842r Bartlett, Bruce R. 1981 Book action Begins the trail: an exquisite bronze tribute City of Dixon to the emerging political aspirations and 3 copies, adult RC B3944b Riverfront 2007 Pamphlet leadership qualities of Ronald Wilson desk Commission Reagan The president & Mrs. Reagan: an American RC B4434p Benson, Harry. 2003 Book love story RC B691r The rise of Ronald Reagan. Boyarsky, Bill 1968 Book Ronald Reagan The boyhood home of Ronald Wilson 5 copies, adult RC B696b Home Preservation 2000 Pamphlet Reagan, 1920-1923, his formative years desk Foundation RC B7343r Reagan: the life Brands, H. W. 2015 Book Hand of providence: the strong and Quiet RC B8142h Brown, Mary Beth 2004 Book 2 copies faith of Ronald Reagan RC B8569r The Reagan I knew Buckley, William 2008 Book RC B9964r Ronald Reagan: An Intellectual Biography Byrne, David T. 2018 Book 1 copy RC C1645p President Reagan: the role of a lifetime Cannon, Lou. 1991 Book circulating, 1 in vault RC C1648g Governor Reagan: his rise to power Cannon, Lou. 2003 Book RC C1648r Reagan Cannon, Lou. 1982 Book RC C1792r Ronald Reagan: a remarkable life Cardigan, J. H. 2002 Book Ronnie & Nancy: their path to the White RC C67r Colacello, Bob 2004 Book House, 1911 to 1980 Collection of documents for the Dixon Public 1 copy adult RC C6855c Presidential Memorabilia Museum exhibit Pamphlet Library desk, 1 in vault at the Dixon Public Library, Dixon, Illinois 1975 Collection of letters from President Ronald RC C6856c onwa Pamphlet Adult desk Reagan to Mr. Light Thompson rds The right moment: Ronald Reagan's first RC D163r victory and the decisive turning point in Dallek, Matthew 2000 Book American politics RC D296a Angels don't die: my father's gift of faith Davis, Patti 1995 Book RC D296l The long goodbye Davis, Patti 2004 Book RC D296w The way I see it: an autobiography Davis, Patti 1992 Book Behind the scenes: in which the author RC D3499b talks about Ronald and Nancy Reagan ... Deaver, Michael K. 1987 Book and himself A different drummer: my thirty years with RC D3499d Deaver, Michael K. 2001 Book Ronald Reagan Nancy: a portrait of my years with Nancy RC D3499n Deaver, Michael K. 2004 Book Reagan Selling Ronald Reagan: the emergence of a RC D3653s De Groot, Gerard J. 2015 Book president Ronald Reagan: fate, freedom, and the RC D5693r Diggins, John P. 2007 Book making of history Dixon Post Office dedication ceremony: RC D646d President Ronald W. Reagan Post Office 2010 Pamphlet Adult desk Building, October 19, 2010. RC D647d The Dixonian 1928: a facsimile 1928 Book 1983: Reagan, Andropov, and a world on RC D7594n Downing, Taylor 2018 Book the brink RC D7919r A very thin line: the Iran-Contra affairs Draper, Theodore 1991 Book Portrait of an election: the 1980 RC D8203p Drew, Elizabeth 1981 Book presidential campaign Ronald Reagan: how an ordinary man RC D849r D'Souza, Dinesh 1997 Book became an extraordinary leader Dutch Treats from Dixon: A Collection of 1 on shelf, 1 in RC D951d Recipes from Friends of the Ronald Reagan 1999 Book vault Boyhood Home. RC Ed951r The Reagans: portrait of a marriage Edwards, Anne 2003 Book RC Ed953e Early Reagan Edwards, Anne 1987 Book RC Ed971r Reagan: A Political Biography Edwards, Lee 1967 Book RC El45r Reagan: the Hollywood years Eliot, Marc 2008 Book Eureka College dedication of Melick RC Photograph RC Eu72e 1967 Photograph Library, Sept. 28, 1967 box, vault RC Ev166r The Reagan revolution Evans, Rowland 1981 Book The education of Ronald Reagan: The RC Ev167e General Electric years and the untold story Evans, Thomas W. 2006 Book of his conversion to conservatism RC F Cha Lowell Park: a historical novel Chapman, Mike 2003 Book 2 copies That printer of Udell's: a story of the Modern RC F Wri Wright, Harold Bell 1996 Book Middle West reprint That printer of Udell’s: a story of the First edition, in RC F Wri Wright, Harold Bell 1911 Book Middle West vault Family photograph, President Reagan and RC Photograph RC F2107f 1981 Photograph First Lady Nancy box, vault First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): RC F5193f 1995 Book Vault celebrating a century of faith 2 volumes, 1 First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): RC F5193f Marlow, Ron 1995 Book set circulates, and the Reagan Family 1 in vault RC F5195f First Lady: a portrait of Nancy Reagan 1986 Book Way out there in the blue: Reagan, Star RC F5763w FitzGerald, Frances 2000 Book Wars, and the end of the Cold War Former First Lady Nancy Reagan christens The Ronald Reagan RC Photograph RC F766f America's newest aircraft carrier Presidential 2001 Photograph box, vault (Photograph) Foundation The four living presidents: at the time of RC Photograph RC F8258f Anwar Sadat’s funeral, White House, Oval 1981 Photograph box, vault Office, 1981 Nelle Reagan: mother of Ronald Reagan, Gardiner, Gordon RC G168n 1980 Pamphlet Adult desk President of the United States P. Gingrich, Newt & RC G433r Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny 2010 Book Callista RC G7635p The President will see you now Grande, Peggy 2017 Book A Great new beginning: the 1981 inaugural story: a chronicle of the inauguration of the RC 40th President of the United States and an 1981 Book G79888g historic picture of past celebrations, from 1789 to the present Beyond Reagan: The New Landscape of RC H1235b Hagstrom, Jerry 1988 Book American Politics Inner circles: how America changed the Haig, Alexander RC H1251i 1992 Book world: a memoir Meigs Reagan's roots: the people and places that RC H1956r Hannaford, Peter 2012 Book 2 copies. shaped his character RC H228r Reagan: man of principle Harmer, John 2002 Book RC H3671r Ronald Reagan: a graphic biography Helfer, Andrew 2007 Book Ronald Reagan: conservative spokesman RC H3962r Henry, David R. 1988 Pamphlet Adult desk for the American dream RC H588l His boyhood dream Hinds, Hope 1981 Pamphlet Adult desk RC A historic walk through the boyhood of a Dixon Tourism 2012 Pamphlet Adult desk H62936h president Board Ronald Reagan: from sports to movies to RC H8741r Hughes, Libby 2005 Book politics 2 copies Illinois heritage Magazine 2011: feature on RC Il616i 1997 Magazine circulating, 1 Ronald Reagan in Illinois in vault 2 copies Illinois heritage Magazine 2014: feature on RC Il616i 2014 Magazine circulating, 1 the Reagan Boyhood Home in vault In remembrance of our favorite son, RC In15i 2004 Pamphlet Adult desk Ronald Reagan, Dixon, Illinois Jean & Bill Thompson w/the President in RC Index card RC J3412j 1983 Photograph the Oval Office, Sept. 29, 1983 box, adult desk Sleepwalking through history: America in Johnson, Haynes RC J6327s 1991 Book the Reagan years Bonner A covert action: Reagan, the CIA, and the RC J725c Jones, Seth G. 2020 Book Cold War struggle in Poland The crusader: Ronald Reagan and the fall RC K355c Kengor, Paul 2006 Book of communism Kengor, Paul & RC K355d The Divine Plan 2019 Book Orlando, Robert RC K355g God and Ronald Reagan: a spiritual life Kengor, Paul 2004 Book The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Kengor, Paul & RC K355j 2007 Book Reagan’s Top Hand Doerner, Patricia C. Ronald Reagan's road to the White House: RC K6725r how Hollywood prepared America's 40th Klein, J. Herbert 2011 Book president for the world stage The man who sold the world: Ronald RC Kleinknecht, Reagan and the betrayal of Main Street 2009 Book K6737m William America 1 copy The Mailman Did It!: (How I Saved the RC K748m Knights, Lynn.
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