Fraternity: A Journey in Search of Five Presidents

Over 15 years ago, bestselling author and journalist Bob Greene decided to take vacation trips in search of history, an uncharted excursion to meet as many presidents of our country as possible. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan (who the day before Greene was to meet him announced he has Alzheimer's, and so wasn't able to be interviewed) and George H.W. Bush invited Bob to various destinations across the country, sitting down to talk to him one-on-one. On the record, without press secretaries or handlers, these interviews are candid and surprising--each former president answering such questions as "what's it like to be the most powerful person in the world?"; "what is retirement like for someone who was one the most powerful man in the world?; "what's it like to be known by all but know by no one?" Part memoir, part history, part oral biography, this is a slice of pure Americana.