Ronald Reagan is thought of as a Californian, a westerner, but the values That guided him all his life are straight out of the American heartland where he was born and spent the first twenty-one years of his life: northwestern Illinois.
The characteristics associated with him - self-reliance, self-confidence, modesty, optimism, loyalty, tolerance, determination, good humor, and reverence for God - all came from his teachers, clergy, ro.
He was the product of four generations of rural settlers.
Ronald Reagan is thought of as a Californian, a westerner, but the values That guided him all his life are straight out of the American heartland where he was born and spent the first twenty-one years of his life: northwestern Illinois
