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A hero for our time : an intimate story of the Kennedy years / Ralph G. Martin.
LIBRA - Special E842 .M343 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Ralph G., 1920-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy family.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 596 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Macmillan, [1983]
- Summary:
- Chronicles the life and world of John Fitzgerald Kennedy beginning with his childhood and following through to his presidency.
- Contents:
- Let the word go forth...:
- The passing of the torch
- The young years:
- Growing up Kennedy
- The playboy congressman
- The luckiest girl in the world
- Scenes from a marriage
- A moment of magic
- The man who would be president
- The path to power:
- The primaries: the tide turns
- Winning the nomination
- All in the family: the Kennedy campaign
- The Kennedy/Nixon debates
- You can call him Mr. President now
- A year of crisis:
- The pay is good and I can walk to work
- An elegant first lady
- The men behind the president
- The other women
- The Bay of Pigs: an early challenge
- The growth of a president:
- The man who came with Jacqueline Kennedy
- Grace under pressure
- See the new frontiersman run
- The uncrowned queen
- A marriage in crisis
- The brothers: Jack and Bobby
- Ambassador Jacqueline
- The patriarch
- Teddy: the godson
- The times of trial:
- The missiles of October
- Goodnight Mrs. Kennedy, wherever you are
- Ich ben ein Berliner
- Vietnam: the looming crisis
- Human rights/civil rights
- A rekindled tenderness
- Rendezvous with death
- November 22, 1963. The myth and the magic:
- Aftermath
- Reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 002580880X
- 9780025808805
- OCLC:
- 9464323
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