What I Saw at the Revolution
By Peggy Noonan
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
What I Saw at the Revolution (1990) is Peggy Noonan's memoir of her years as a speechwriter in the Reagan White House. Noonan describes growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic family, her career writing for CBS News and her arrival in Washington in 1984. She recounts writing Reagan's speech on the anniversary of D-Day and his address after the Challenger disaster, and portrays the rivalries and culture of the administration she served.
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- Fareed Zakaria: “It came out in 2003, but it’s still a terrific read.”