Born October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, Eisenhower was reared in Abilene, Kansas, which he ever after referred to as home. Later in life, until the time of his death, he actually lived in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Eisenhower, who was known to his friends and later military subordinates and political supporters as Ike, was an early and voracious reader. He enjoyed relaxing with Zane Grey’s Western novels, even doing so during World War II as a way of relieving the stresses h