The Family
CONTENTS
In Memoriam
William V. Kelley
(1904–2002)
Adele M. Kelley
(1916–1978)
A. Stanley Tretick
(1921–1999)
Charlie Tolchin
(1968–2003)
To my husband, John, who continues to make dreams come true
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—
deliberate, continued, and dishonest—but the myth—
persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.”
—JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, JUNE 11, 1962,
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, YALE UNIVERSITY
PHOTO CREDITS
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George Herbert Walker Bush © George Bush Presidential Library
Lucretia Wear “Loulie” Walker © George Bush Presidential Library
Samuel Prescott Bush © Columbus Dispatch
Pauline Pierce © George Bush Presidential Library
Barbara Pierce with father and siblings © George Bush Presidential Library
Prescott and Dorothy Bush © George Bush Presidential Library
James S. Bush and bride © AP/Wide World Photos
Prescott Bush & family at wedding of George H.W. and Barbara © George Bush Presidential Library
Nancy Bush Ellis © George Bush Presidential Library
Prescott Bush at Yale © Images of Yale individuals, ca. 1750–1976 (RU 684). Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University Library
George H.W. Bush at Yale © Yale 1948 Class Book. Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University Library
Skull and Bones listing for Class of 1948 © Yale Picture Collection, ca. 1831–1996 (RU 117). Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University Library
George H.W. Bush and Babe Ruth © George Bush Presidential Library
George W. Bush at Yale © Images of Yale individuals, ca. 1750–1976 (RU 684). Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University Library
George W. Bush’s Yale transcript © The New Yorker
Prescott Bush and Dwight D. Eisenhower © George Bush Presidential Library
Prescott Bush and Richard Nixon © George Bush Presidential Library
Planned Parenthood letter © From the Drew Pearson Papers at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Prescott Bush, John F. Kennedy, and New England senators © Reprinted with kind permission from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library
Prescott and Dorothy Bush gravestones © Courtesy of author
George H.W. Bush and Dwight D. Eisenhower © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush and President Richard Nixon © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush and Henry Kissinger © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush, Ambassador to UN © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush, chairman RNC © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. and Barbara Bush, China © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush, CIA director © George Bush Presidential Library
Vice President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush with President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan © AP/Wide World Photos
President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush with Vice President and Mrs. Dan Quayle © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush with young George and Robin © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush and family, 1959 © George Bush Presidential Library
Vice President George H.W. Bush and family, 1981 © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush on his seventy-fifth birthday, with family © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush and former presidents and first ladies © AP/Wide World Photos
George H.W. Bush with Jennifer Fitzgerald © George Bush Presidential Library
Jennifer Fitzgerald © Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library
Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan © George Bush Presidential Library
Vice President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush aboard Airforce Two © George Bush Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush with George W. in Texas Air National Guard © AP/Wide World Photos
George W. Bush congressional campaign poster © George Bush Presidential Library
George W. Bush with Texas Rangers sign © AP/Wide World Photos
Jeb Bush and George W. Bush, 1955 © George Bush Presidential Library
Governor Jeb Bush and George W. Bush, 2000 © AP/Wide World Photos
Katherine Harris and Governor Jeb Bush © AP/Wide World Photos
President and Mrs. George W. Bush, Inauguration Day, 2001 © WIN McNamee/Reuters
George W. Bush at Bob Jones University © AP/Wide World Photos
George W. Bush at Ground Zero © AP/Wide World Photos
George H.W. Bush in pilot’s uniform © George Bush Presidential Library
George W. Bush landing on USS
Abraham Lincoln
© AP/Wide World Photos
Bush twins, Barbara and Jenna, 2001 © Larry Downing/Reuters
Lauren Bush © AP/Wide World Photos
George P. Bush and his uncle George W. Bush © AP/Wide World Photos
Noelle Bush © AP/Wide World Photos
BUSH/WALKER/PIERCE/ROBINSON FAMILY TREE
