Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #752900 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

An Unexpectedly Good Read
I bought this book because of its connection with horses. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
The book itself is well written. The insights into a very famous man are unexpected, and reveal facets of the man that were a big surprise to me.
I think this book would be interesting to almost everyone.

Riding with Reagan
This is the the best book I have read about both the Reagan Ranch and how the Secret Service operates to protect our presidents. If you are a Reagan admirer, you will love this book.

The Gipper Would Be Proud!
I loved this book! It's such an interesting and different book about Ronald Reagan. Instead of politics, it's the recollections from his friend and secret service agent. I learned so much about horses and the secret service that I could not put this book down. It was nice to read about Reagan the man instead of Reagan the president. And it's always nice to read the insights from someone who was really there. I can picture Reagan riding his horse on his ranch thanks to the vivid descriptions in this book. I also learned a lot about the character of John Barletta. It's easy to see why Ronald and Nancy liked him so much. He's quite a guy. The story gets very sad at the end but I'm so proud to have this book in my collection. Also, I was glad that John was blunt and honest about Ron, Jr. and Patti. Those two have been speaking up a lot lately, but as is said in the book, they rarely visited their father when he was in good health. I wish I could have met Ronald Reagan. Thanks to this book, I feel like I know him.