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Could someone please correct the specifics of Nixon's younger brother's death?[edit]
The description is that his younger brother died as a short illness; I wanted to clarify that he died of tubercular encephalitis. See: "The Nixon’s lost their son Arthur to tubercular encephalitis in1925 and their son Harold to tuberculosis in 1933" from the Nixon library, at Microsoft Word - FA Family Collection at https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/forresearchers/find/textual/findingaids/findingaid_nixonfamily.pdfJeanmarine (talk) 18:00, 11 February 2024 (UTC). I often make cleanup / clarifying edits like this but noticed that this page is locked, wasn't sure who can edit it.[reply]
Why is that considered more accurate than the existing source? Wehwalt (talk) 20:05, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I figure that if no one else will, I guess I will add a section on Richard beating up his wife, Pat. Here are a few sources to use to make this part of the narrative. [1] and [2], which is a book review of The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon, Penguin Books, August 1, 2001, by Anthony Summers. I like to saw logs! (talk) 09:17, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well here's what academic historians say about the credibility of this fringe book: "Anthony Summers, who previously wrote sensationalistic books about the Kennedy assassination, Marilyn Monroe, and J. Edgar Hoover, finds Nixon guilty of more crimes than did Leon Jaworski, Peter Rodino and Woodward and Bernstein combined. His Arrogance of Power--even the title is unoriginal--is a dictionary-sized catalogue of Nixon's offenses, real and imagined. His sources are a wildly mixed lot: some as reliable as the sunrise, some as impeachable as Nixon himself. This book will probably disappoint even die-hard Nixon-haters, who will see the case for the uniqueness of Nixon's crimes muddied by Summers's kitchen-sink approach, which undermines whatever credibility his prodigious research might otherwide have lent him."--- from David Greenberg, "Review: Richard the Bleeding Hearted" Reviews in American History (March 2002) Vol. 30, No. 1 (Mar., 2002), pp. 156-167 at page 164. Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press, online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/30031728Rjensen (talk) 10:22, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No mention of "summa cum laude" in source as specified in "college and law school" section[edit]
After graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Whittier in 1934, Nixon was accepted at the new Duke University School of Law [25]
[25] (https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/president-nixon): "a student and sailor" says:
"Richard Nixon enrolled at Whittier College in September 1930. He was an active student, pursuing his interests in student government, drama, and football while living at home and helping to run the family's store. Nixon won a scholarship to attend Duke University School of Law in May 1934" Simonmikk (talk) 08:37, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. I'll look at what sources I have and either modify or add a source. Wehwalt (talk) 11:37, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a Whittier College source that so states. Thanks. Wehwalt (talk) 11:44, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is he mentioned in this article? (I can't find it.) He served as ambassator to India, amomg other posts, and had a significant effect. Krok6kola (talk) 01:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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