Book: W Crashed Car, Upset That Jeb Was Getting Married
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The1973 crash into a tree by a car driven by George W. Bush is explained in Jon Meacham’s book, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. The future president crashed his car into trash cans because he was upset that his brother had found the love of his life while he, W., was aimless.
According to the book, George W could not deal with the fact his brother had found the love of his life while he was still single and purposeless at 27.
Barbara wrote in her diary: ‘He says that he drank so much because he was upset over Jeb.’
As Meacham describes the incident, Bush was a student at Harvard Business School at the time and when he arrived home his mother said: ‘Your behavior is disgraceful’.
She sent him upstairs to see his father and charged into the room, defiantly putting his hands on his hips and saying: ‘I understand you want to see me’.
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Bush lowered the book he was reading and gave his son the look that made him know he had to back down.
The incident has been reported before; George W supposedly told his father: ‘You want to go mano a mano right here?’
But the reason for George W’s behavior has not been explained and it has been chalked up to youthful fun.
Barbara wrote in her diary: ‘All I know is that he challenged his dad and backed down’.
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