Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois in 1911. He had a childhood in Dixon, Illinois where he had happy memories but also witnessed his father's alcoholism. Reagan worked as a lifeguard and sports broadcaster to pay for college. He then had a successful career in Hollywood starring in over 50 movies. Reagan later went into politics and was elected Governor of California in 1966 and President of the United States in 1980, serving two terms until 1989. He survived an assassination attempt in 1981. Reagan died in 2004 at the age of 93.

1. Ronald Reagan

2. Early Life In Tampico, Illinois during a snowstorm Jack Reagan was pacing his apartment waiting for his son to come into the world. Then cries came from the top floor. Jack rushed to the top floor to meet his ten pound son. Ronald Reagan was born. A few days later people started calling him Dutch Reagan.

3. Childhood Fears and Funs Dixon, Illinois contains many of Ronald Reagan’s happiest memories but it also contains one of his worst childhood fears.” I was eleven years old, Ronald Reagan exclaimed, “ the first time I came home to find my father flat on his back on the front porch . . . He was drunk, dead to the world . . . I felt myself fill with grief for my father . . . His hair soaked with melting snow, snoring as he breathed . . . I bent over him, smelling the sharp odor of whiskey . . . I managed to drag him inside and get him to bed. In a few days, he was the bluff, hearty man I new and loved, and will always remember.” Also in Dixon, Illinois there was a river were Ronald and his friends would swim in the summer and ice-skate in the winter

4. Into a BIG World Ronald Reagan’s first job was a lifeguard which helped pay a lot of his college money. His second job was a sports broadcaster. Which was an immediate success.

5. Hollywood Career Reagan joined Warner Brothers and starred in movies such as Brother Rat (1938), This is the Army(1943), and over 50 other movies.

6. Sadness Reagan and his wife Jane Wyman divorced. Which caused him much hurt and soon fell in 18,000 dollars of debt. Then his eyes fell upon Nancy Davis and they soon got married. Reagan also started earning 125,000 dollars a year.

7. Called To Duty Reagan had already joined the army but had been on reserve the whole time. During World War 2 Ronald Reagan was called to duty. But it required a physical exam. They soon figured out Reagan had cheated on his last eye test because he had weak eyesight so instead they sent him to a movie acting studio to make a film on what the army is like. His movie Rear Gunner soon came out.

8. Governor of California Ronald beat Democratic Edmund “Pat” Brown for governor of California on November 8, 1966 by 1,000,000 votes. He got California out of 194,000,000 dollars of debt.

9. Candidate for President Reagan had been a presidential candidate many times but on November 4, 1980 Reagan beat Jimmy Carter 489 electoral votes to 49.

10. Into The Oval Office On January 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan swore in along side George H. W. Bush and became the 40 th President of the U.S.A and the oldest. I Won! I won!!!!

11. Unsuccessful Assassination John Hicknley Jr. tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. The mental man shot 3 people. Two Secret Service men who risked their lives by shielding Reagan with their own body . . . Timothy McCarthy and James Brady. The other man shot was Ronald Reagan ½ and inch from the heart.

12. Second Term On November 7, 1984 Reagan beat Walter Mondale 525 electoral votes to 13. To end the Cold War, Reagan became friendly with the Soviet Union.

13. Out of Office On January 20, 1989 George H. W. Bush swore into office.

14. Cowboy Reagan went to his ranch in California with chores such as riding his horse, building fences, and many other activities.

15. Death On June 5, 2004 one of the greatest American president died. 2

16. Family Jack Reagan Nelle Reagan Ronald Reagan Neil Reagan Maureen Reagan Michael Reagan (adopted) Ron Reagan Patti Reagan Christine Reagan

17. My book was written by: Kent Many of my pictures were found on ASK Acknowledgements