Bob Greene says Richard Nixon 's love letters to wife Pat on display at Nixon library . He says these , other exhibits raise more quesions about the controversial , enigmatic figure . He says boyhood home at the library is cramped ; yet Nixon spoke of closeness with family . Greene : " The letters began in 1938 -- when they met while auditioning for a community play -- and extended almost up until their wedding day two years later . The man who wrote those words was a complex and conflicted person whose life had been shaped by his own experiences in World War II and the Korean war.
Bob Greene says Richard Nixon 's love letters to wife Pat on display at Nixon library . He says these , other exhibits raise more quesions about the controversial , enigmatic figure . He says boyhood home at the library is cramped ; yet Nixon spoke of closeness with family . Greene : " The man who wrote those words was a complex and conflicted person whose life had been shaped by his own experiences in World War II and the Korean war.