The Final Days is a 1976 non-fiction book written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. A follow up to their book All the President's Men, The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.
As stated in the book's foreword, all the information and scenarios depicted were taken from interviews with 394 people who were involved. All that was stated in these interviews was considered on the record but the identity of the sources remained confidential. Every detail was thoroughly checked and any information that could not be confirmed by two separate accounts was left out of the book.
In 1989, a television adaptation of the book aired. It starred Lane Smith as Nixon. It was nominated for five Emmys and a Golden Globe.
Jack Brennan, Nixon's former chief of staff and Marine Corps Aide, felt the book had numerous factual inaccuracies that did not correspond with his own time with the former President, however he stated as a "fictitious novel, it reads well".[1] While she was reading the book, Pat Nixon suffered a stroke, though a relationship was never corroborated.[1]
References
- ^ a b Harry Benson, Ex-Leatherneck Jack Brennan Talks About Life with the Former President He Still Chooses to Serve, People, August 16, 1976, Accessed January 25, 2009.
 |
This article about a political book is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
