TEXAS TITANS
Praise
“In Texas Titans, Charles Denyer provides a riveting look at the endearing friendship between great Americans who together changed the world – President George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III. Well-written, captivating, and highly engaging, Texas Titans examines two of the most consequential statesmen of the 20th century and how their lives were inextricably linked personally, politically, and in public service.”
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~The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney, Former Prime Minister of Canada
“George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III were the best of friends; two men who, for six decades, worked together to make the country and the world a better place. With Texas Titans, Charles offers readers a well-deserved and inspiring portrait of the lives of these two men, their mutual respect and shared loyalty to our nation. He shares their challenges and victories, and insights into the friendship that allowed the country to benefit from their political partnership.”
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~Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States of America
“George Bush and Jim Baker were arguably the most consequential friendship and partnership in American presidential history. Charles’s book, Texas Titans, captures the true meaning of this extraordinary relationship.”
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~Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States of America
“With vivid detail and piercing perspective, Charles Denyer tells the story of ‘two of America’s most consequential statesman’ of the last half century. George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker III became the closest of friends on the tennis courts of the Houston country club gentry, forming a bond that would evolve into a political partnership and ultimately catapult the former doubles partners to the world stage where together they would bring America to new heights in a momentous time. Denyer delivers a fascinating saga of friendship, power, triumph, and loss at the highest levels.”
– Mark K. Updegrove, President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation and author of The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush
“One of the great honors of my life was having a front-row seat to the legendary friendship between George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III, ending with the night President Bush died with Secretary Baker and his wife Susan at his side. Charles Denyer’s beautifully done book captures the essence of the friendship that changed the world.”
~Jean Becker, Chief of Staff to Former President George H.W. Bush (1994–2018)
“Texas Titans tells the story of a deep, multi-decade friendship between two loving, smart, patriotic, and effective leaders . . . of how they trusted and supported each other and how each one's success helped the other. When Dad spoke of the importance of faith, family, and friends, Jimmy Baker was at the top of the friends list.”
~Neil Bush, Son of George H.W. Bush
“Texas Titans captures the essence of two strong figures in American history. More importantly, it teaches us how two strong and capable individuals achieved much more at the highest levels of government working together than they would have accomplished without the support of each other.”
~Craig Fuller: Secretary to the Reagan Cabinet (1981–84) Chief of Staff to Vice President George H.W. Bush (1985–89)
“Texas Titans is the story of a historic friendship — of two friends who together made history. It goes beyond the well-known public achievements of George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III to the less well-known (or appreciated) personal qualities that made both men the leaders and the friends that they were. There are lessons here for all who aspire to leadership or to simple friendship. And there is much here to give heart to Americans in difficult times, reminding them that our land is richly blessed with good people who, when called upon, serve their country with honor, selflessness, and success.”
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~Chase Untermeyer: United States Ambassador to Qatar (2004–2007)
“This brilliantly written book is a view of the snap, crackle, and pop of international politics. Yet it is a warm, intimate, view of a Jonathan and David friendship that covered and lasted a lifetime. Jonathan, the son of King Saul, consistently stepped aside for David. The Bible says, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
James Baker and George H.W. Bush had similar qualifications for president. Baker consistently stepped aside for his friend. Bush seemed to acknowledge this in every way by giving Baker prestigious and powerful positions. Our country was the beneficiary. Two great men who put their country first were indeed a winning combination.
I was fortunate to share many moments with these two outstanding men, James Baker and George Bush, who shaped history in the golden years of the Reagan and Bush administrations.”
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~Joanne King Herring
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