Description
In this biography Hendrik Booraem traces the early lifetime of Gerald Ford in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to his highschool graduation in 1931, showing how he developed the outlook and ideals that he dropped at the White House. Ford’s childhood offers telling glimpses of circle of relatives and school, sports and recreation, and Western Michigan life within the Jazz Age and the Depression. Amply illustrated with photos from the 1920s and ’30s, Young Jerry Ford shows the 38th President of the US in a new and colorful light.