George W. Bush

Author: (USA) Bill / (USA) Thompson / Zhang Jianzhong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Like Bush, who faced such severe tests in his first year in office, it is rare among U.S. presidents. Eight months after the presidential inauguration, terrorists hijacked four jetliners and struck New York City and Washington, D.C., causing thousands of deaths. Could the new president rise to the challenge and lead the United States in a form of war? Skeptics had their answer soon. Bush inspired the nation to unite and retaliate against the terrorists in Afghanistan and their supporters. This book presents a brief overview of the childhood of the 43rd U.S. president, as his early life shaped him. George W. Bush spent his early years in the small town of Midland in West Texas, absorbing the values of the community. Affable and popular, he first gained prominence in school, then became a political authority, and ultimately followed in his father's footsteps to the White House.