With the Bark Off: Conversations on the American Presidency

"He finds himself in a job he never wanted" A Conversation about Gerald Ford with Richard Norton Smith

Episode Summary

Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian and author Richard Norton Smith joins Mark Updegrove to discuss his newest book, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.

Episode Notes

Richard Norton Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian and the author of numerous books, including On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller, and Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation.  Throughout his career, he has been the director of five presidential libraries, those of Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and, in keeping with today’s subject, Gerald Ford.

Richard joined Mark Updegrove to discuss his newest book, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.