But What’s He Really Like?, by Kathy Randall Davis (Pacific Coast Publishers, 113 pp., $5.95). One of the ironies of Governor Reagan’s career is that although he is accused of rising on a generated tide of publicity, he has been uncommonly (but not improperly) reluctant to allow publicity about those aspects of his life that do not directly pertain to public business. Mrs. Davis, a former private secretary to the Governor, has compiled an amiable volume of pictures and chatty text that gives a small glimpse of the man in the semi-privacy of his office. Mrs. Davis’ volume contains nothing of interest to historians, which is to say it only marginally compromises the Governor’s preference for privacy. This is because the book is about the routine of the Governor’s office, and only tangentially about the Governor himself. It does convey some of flavor of life in a political office, and it will be amusing to executive secretaries everywhere.
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