Product Description
by Bill Brockett (Author)
Featuring more than 80 high-resolution, mostly never-before-published official White House photographs and documents, Follow The Yellow Line: A Soldier's Journey from the Selective Service Induction Center to the White House Oval Office is the remarkable memoir of a Vietnam-era Army draftee who unexpectedly found himself at the center of American history.
Assigned to the White House Communications Agency just one month before President Richard Nixon resigned, Bill Brockett witnessed firsthand one of the most dramatic transitions of power in U.S. history. He is believed to be the only person to have physically attended all four pivotal White House events on August 8-9, 1974-including Nixon's resignation speech and the swearing-in of Gerald Ford as president.
Brockett's unusual journey continued when he was tasked with training President Ford's Golden Retriever, Liberty. What began as a simple assignment evolved into an extraordinary friendship with the president and a surprising role as an unofficial advisor.
Filled with behind-the-scenes stories, historical insight, and a touching account of a president's love for his dog, Follow The Yellow Line offers a rare look at the "unseen presidency" from someone who lived it.
"Fascinating, fun to read. For presidential historians, dog lovers, and all the rest of us."
- Pavel Palazhchenko, interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev
