Jack Kennedy by Christopher Matthews
This is the story of the friendships that defined one of America's most beloved Presidents. Chris Matthews, who has been following and studying the Kennedys most of his life, has interviewed President Kennedy's closest confidants - family, friends, and those who served with him--to create a moving portrait of a man many loved but few really understood. Matthews focuses on the relationships between Kennedy and twelve of the people who were around him the most and knew him the best, from his days at Choate (the Connecticut prep school that inspired his famous "Ask Not..." speech), through his heroism during World War II, his political career, and, always, his devotion to the Kennedy family. These friends were with Jack Kennedy as he took surprising risks, struggled with chronic illness, and repeatedly confronted "the thin membrane between life and death." As Matthews describes it, Jack Kennedy was a rebel, an adventurer, and a great enjoyer of life precisely because he understood its fragility. Being with Jack Kennedy was great fun for his friends. Now, too, readers will share in that experience.
Chris Matthews is the author of The Hardball Handbook and is the star of MSNBC's Hardball and NBC's The Chris Matthews Show. He contributes frequently to NBC's Today and is a familiar guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He was a longtime Washington bureau chief for the San Francisco Examiner and later a national columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He holds the David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Communications, eighteen honorary doctorates from American colleges and universities, and was a visiting fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He lives with his wife, Kathleen, an executive vice president with Marriott International, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781451635089 |
| ISBN 10 | 1451635087 |
| Title | Jack Kennedy |
| Author | Christopher Matthews |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2011-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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