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Memories of the Ford Administration is a 1992 novel by John Updike published by Knopf. The novel concerns a college professor's attempt to write a reminiscence of the Presidential administration of Gerald Ford while being distracted by events in his personal and professional life.
- John Updike
- 1992
Jan 1, 1992 · Memories of the Ford Administration. John Updike. 3.29. 539 ratings44 reviews. The narrator receives a questionnaire asking for his memories and impressions of Gerald Ford's presidential administration.
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Dec 3, 2019 · Memories of the Ford administration : a novel. by. Updike, John. Publication date. 1992. Topics. Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 -- Fiction, Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 -- Fiction, United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977 -- Fiction. Publisher.
When historian Alfred “Alf” Clayton is invited by an academic journal to record his impressions of the Gerald R. Ford Administration (1974–77), he recalls not the political events of the time but rather a turbulent period of his own sexual past.
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The narrator receives a questionnaire asking for his memories and impressions of Gerald Ford's presidential administration. But he finds himself straying away from politics in the...
Sep 18, 2012 · When historian Alfred “Alf” Clayton is invited by an academic journal to record his impressions of the Gerald R. Ford Administration (1974–77), he recalls not the political events of the time but rather a turbulent period of his own sexual past.
- John Updike
When a history professor - Alfred Clayton, the hero of John Updike's fifteenth novel - is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal history as well: his unfinished book on 19th-century president James Buchanan.
