Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!: Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!: Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life (2006) by James A. Baker III with Steve Fiffer is a memoir. Baker describes his upbringing in Houston and his path from corporate law into politics after the death of his first wife. He recounts running presidential campaigns, serving as White House chief of staff and treasury secretary under Ronald Reagan and as secretary of state under George H. W. Bush, and his role in the 2000 Florida recount.
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- Fareed Zakaria: “It's a pretty candid memoir in which he acknowledges his own love of power while relating priceless anecdotes about the men he served. It's fun summer reading for political junkies.”