The Legal Connection

When Richard Milhous Nixon was sworn in as the thirtyseventh
president of the United States on January 20,
1969, author Frank Becker couldn't have anticipated
or fully appreciated the impact that election would have on his
teenage years. Becker was thirteen years old at the time, and
when Nixon resigned as president August 9, 1974, Becker
was eighteen. His father was a law partner to Richard Nixon
and John Mitchell in the firm of Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie,
Alexander, and Mitchell.
In The Legal Connection, Becker draws on his personal
recollections and his mother's extensive memoirs to provide
a unique inside look at the people of the Nixon White House
and the Washington, DC, social scene of the late 1960s and
early 1970s. The Beckers were there, attending White House
state dinners, parties, and other events.
This memoir includes first-hand accounts of conversations
and interactions with the Nixons, Mitchells, and other famous
people and describes how they appeared to the people who
knew them as friends and colleagues. The Legal Connection
ventures back in time, sharing details of exclusive White
House and social functions and important political and judicial
figures from around the world, offering an unforgettable
snapshot in time.