"And he said, 'I know Ronald Reagan ... Wallace: What are you reading now? Mr. Reagan: This time it's George Burns' story about Gracie. Wallace: We've heard the presidency called the loneliest ...

As “Draft Goldwater” strategist Clif White succinctly put it on Firing Line in 1987, “Ronald ... that Reagan had told 60 Minutes that he was currently reading George Burns’s book on ...