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The Kennedy legacy : Jack, Bobby and Ted and a family dream fulfilled / Vincent Bzdek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bzdek, Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
- Kennedy, Robert F.
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.
- Kennedy, Edward M.
- Kennedy family.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- United States.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Summary:
- John, Robert, and Ted Kennedy's individual stories can be seen as essentially one, each successive brother striving to fulfill the interrupted promise of the brother before. The closing of Ted Kennedy's chapter in America's political and cultural life means that, for the first time perhaps, the real measure of the Kennedy legacy can finally be taken. This is a story of a brotherhood in three acts: Act I is John F. Kennedy's presidency, as seen from Ted's front-row seat. Act II is Robert Kennedy's five brief years as the family standard-bearer, including his tenure in the Senate with his brother Ted and the memorable 82-day presidential campaign that redefined the Kennedy legacy. Act III is Ted's 40-plus years in the Senate as keeper of the flame. How did the brothers pass the torch to each other? What have they left us collectively? And who carries the torch forward now?--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Act I Joe, Jack, Bobby and Teddy
- Chapter 1 The Blowtorch 15
- Chapter 2 An Army of Mothers 25
- Chapter 3 A Letter from Joe 37
- Act II Jack, Bobby and Teddy
- Chapter 4 The Sweet-and-Sour Brother Act 57
- Chapter 5 The Kennedy Generation 71
- Chapter 6 Let Us Begin 85
- Chapter 7 Ted's Turn 99
- Act III Bobby and Ted
- Chapter 8 Brothers in Arms 115
- Chapter 9 The Impossible Dream 129
- Act IV Ted
- Chapter 10 The Reluctant Patriarch 145
- Chapter 11 The Torchbearer 155
- Chapter 12 A Camelot Too Far 171
- Chapter 13 The Minotaur 185
- Chapter 14 Four Funerals and a Wedding 199
- Chapter 15 His Finest Hour 215
- Chapter 16 The Fight of His Life 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230613676
- 0230613675
- OCLC:
- 318671507
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