Garry wills biography of albert lea

They met on a plane -- he was a passenger, she was a flight attendant.

Garry wills biography of albert lea: The skills that made Madison

She took one look at his book and told him that he was too young to be reading French philosopher Henri Bergson. Wills has written many books of his own -- about Richard Nixon, Abraham Lincoln, the Declaration of Independence, Christianity and more. During Wills' long career -- he's written for National Review, Esquire and the New York Review of Books -- he's interviewed presidential candidates, presidents and been inside the White House.

But he maintains that he's never really been on the "inside. Wills writes fondly in his memoir about people across the political spectrum -- from conservative writer William F. Buckley, founder of the National Review, to radio interviewer Studs Terkel, a self described leftie. People tried hard, but if they got within his orbit, they failed. In , Wills interviewed Richard Nixon during his presidential campaign, and Wills asked Nixon a question that has since then become a staple, but at the time was unexpected: He asked Nixon what book had influenced him.

Nixon listed several books, but settled on Claude Bowers' biography of Sen. Albert Beveridge. Beveridge was a Republican -- but also an admirer of statesman John Marshall and the Federalists.