Comments on: George H.W. Bush by Timothy Naftali http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/2009/11/20/george-h-w-bush/ All the Presidents' Books Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:03:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rob McMillin http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/2009/11/20/george-h-w-bush/#comment-583 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:57:55 +0000 http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/?p=736#comment-583 One interesting side note on the S&L crisis was that every bank in Texas failed. There was a concurrent collapse in oil prices that totally took in the state’s banking industry.

]]> By: grandcosmo http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/2009/11/20/george-h-w-bush/#comment-577 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:53:31 +0000 http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/?p=736#comment-577 I highly recommend this article by George Plimpton on George H.W. Bush that appeared in Sports Illustrated in 1988 after his election. It is mainly about about Bush’s love of sports and his sporting heritage and he comes off as a great guy to be around.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068134/1/index.htm

]]> By: Francie Curran http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/2009/11/20/george-h-w-bush/#comment-576 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:41:20 +0000 http://allthepresidentsbooks.com/?p=736#comment-576 Excellent. I loved the UCSB electoral map link. Also, these history lessons are so much more fun to read as a grown-up.

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