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183. Ibid., undated clipping entitled “File for Marriage License.”

184. Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 25. Kitty Kelley’s account of Nannee Robbins’s death differs slightly. Kelley claims that Robbins suffered a heart attack while waiting for Nancy and Reagan to arrive, and that Nancy’s father, Kenneth, her son, flew her home to Los Angeles (see Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p.

114).

185. Ed Helin, to author, August 11, 2003.

186. Goldschneider and Elffers, The Secret Language of Relationships, p. 518.

Chapter Eleven: Pacific Palisades, 1952–1958

1. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

2. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , pp. 239–40.

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Notes

3. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

4. Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 123.

5. Bill Fine, to author, January 10, 2001.

6. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, p. 94.

7. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 240.

8. Richard Davis, to author, September 29, 2000, April 25, 2002.

9. Heather Schader of the Arizona Biltmore, to author, September 9, 2003.

10. L. Davis, A Surgeon’s Odyssey, pp. 298, 333; Chicago Daily News, October 14, 1960, “Top Surgeon Post Going to N.U. Professor.”

11. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping dated October 1951.

12. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “R. Reagan—Letters,” telegram dated March 18, 1952.

13. Ronald Reagan, An American Life, p. 123.

14. Morella and Epstein, Jane Wyman, pp. 168–70.

15. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.

16. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.

17. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

18. Friedrich, City of Nets, p. 413.

19. Edwards, Early Reagan, pp. 539–42.

20. Vaughn, Ronald Reagan in Hollywood, pp. 3–4.

21. Nancy Reagan, to author, July 24, 1998.

22. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 20.

23. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 103.

24. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.

25. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 243.

26. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 22, 1999.

27. Morella and Epstein, Jane Wyman, p. 174.

28. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, p. 38.

29. Ibid., pp. 38–39.

30. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

31. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.

32. McDougal, The Last Mogul, pp. 184–87; Wills, Reagan’s America, p. 264.

33. Wills, Reagan’s America, pp. 264–65; Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, pp.

120–21.

34. Brownstein, The Power and the Glitter, p. 183.

35. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 18, 2003.

36. Ibid.

37. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.

38. Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 171; Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.

39. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.

40. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 445; Us Weekly, March 16, 1982, “Looking Back with Us.”

41. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 36.

42. Ibid., pp. 37–38.

43. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 248.

44. Ibid., pp. 248–49.

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45. Moldea, Dark Victory, pp. 107–8.

46. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, pp. 100–101.

47. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 446.

48. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 41.

49. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, pp. 126–27.

50. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 251.

51. Edwards, Early Reagan, pp. 452–53.

52. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 127; Moldea, Dark Victory, p. 199; E.

Morris, Dutch, pp. 304–5.

53. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 127; Wills, Reagan’s America, pp.

267–68; New York Times, October 10, 1954, display advertisement, “Tonight: Ronald Reagan, the Long Way Round.”

54. William Frye, to author, October 27, 1999.

55. Edwards, Early Reagan, pp. 454, 455.

56. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 53.

57. Moldea, Dark Victory, p. 199; Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 55.

58. TV Guide, November 22, 1958, “Hey, Ronnie