Legal Connection

When Richard Milhous Nixon was sworn in as the thirtyseventhpresident of the United States on January 20,1969, author Frank Becker couldn t have anticipatedor fully appreciated the impact that election would have on histeenage years. Becker was thirteen years old at the time, andwhen Nixon resigned as president August 9, 1974, Beckerwas eighteen. His father was a law partner to Richard Nixonand John Mitchell in the firm of Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie,Alexander, and Mitchell. In The Legal Connection, Becker draws on his personalrecollections and his mother s extensive memoirs to providea unique inside look at the people of the Nixon White Houseand the Washington, DC, social scene of the late 1960s andearly 1970s. The Beckers were there, attending White Housestate dinners, parties, and other events. This memoir includes first-hand accounts of conversationsand interactions with the Nixons, Mitchells, and other famouspeople and describes how they appeared to the people whoknew them as friends and colleagues. The Legal Connectionventures back in time, sharing details of exclusive WhiteHouse and social functions and important political and judicialfigures from around the world, offering an unforgettablesnapshot in time.