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A Safe Haven
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Chicago Review Press 2009; US$ 13.95From Missouri to New York and back again, this recounting of an amazing journey chronicles the road trip of a former president and his wife and their amusing, failed attempts to keep a low profile. Diners, bellhops, and cabbies shouted out ?Hiya, Harry!? whenever they recognized the former president, and, out for his daily constitutional on the... more...
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