{"product_id":"2940170715497","title":"Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969","description":"After President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office in 1961, he retired to a farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Living next door was his teenage grandson, David; they would be neighbors for the rest of the decade. Based on personal stories, letters, diaries, and the reminiscences of Eisenhower's closest friends, \u003ci\u003eGoing Home to Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is both an intimate chronicle of the elder statesman's final years and a coming of age story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Eisenhower emerges as both a beloved and forbidding figure, whether relaxing at home or playing golf, advising presidents Kennedy and Johnson and 1968 presidential hopeful Richard Nixon, or rendering sage advice to young people-including the author. Set amidst the turbulent sixties, the author describes Eisenhower's many efforts to influence a bewildered nation on civil rights and Vietnam. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Eisenhower's first book about his grandfather, \u003ci\u003eEisenhower at War\u003c\/i\u003e, was a bestseller and a finalist for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in History. \u003ci\u003eGoing Home to Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, a personal sequel, offers completely new insight into one of the country's most respected presidents.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117519585520,"sku":"2940170715497","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170715497_p0.jpg?v=1763815201","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170715497","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}