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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency. In the summer of 1938 a tall Harvard student arrived in London, where his father was the American ambassador and his sister had gained entrée to a group of young aristocrats. As Winston Churchill called on a reluctant Britain to resist Hitler before it was too late, Jack Kennedy formed bonds of friendship and family that would forever change his life and the course of American...
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
""The time has come for this Nation to fulfill its promise." John F. Kennedy was born one hundred years ago. As America's thirty-fifth president, he often took bold actions: establishing a peace corps and challenging Americans to land on the moon. But on civil rights, it took the urging and the example of other courageous people--leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Jackie Robinson, and even students and children--to help him realize that the...
84) The third bullet
Author
Series
Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reimagining of the events surrounding the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy finds Bob Lee Swagger drawing on old records, intelligence archives, and observations at the infamous site to investigate a new clue about a third bullet that mysteriously exploded.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In a book published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, the author draws on recently released CIA information to shed new light on the botched operation, which was an embarrassment to JFK and the United States.
Author
Series
Gil Malloy novels volume 1
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A discredited journalist starts making headlines when he discovers a connection between the fiftieth anniversary of JFK's assassination and two back-to-back murders in New York City"--
"In this bold and entertaining thriller from a true media insider, a discredited journalist starts making headlines when he discovers a connection between the fiftieth anniversary of JFK's assassination and two back-to-back murders in New York City. The fiftieth...
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Language
English
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Description
A behind-the-scenes history of the most momentous decade in American politics, now with a new introduction by the author. Richard N. Goodwin entered public service in 1958 as a law clerk for Supreme Court Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter. He left politics ten years later in the aftermath of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Over the course of one extraordinary decade, Goodwin orchestrated some of the noblest achievements in the history...
Author
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.
In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most terrifying events
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English
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The United States has been shaped by three sweeping political revolutions: Jefferson's 'revolution of 1800,' the Civil War, and the New Deal. Each of these upheavals concluded with lasting institutional and cultural adjustments that set the stage for a new phase of political and economic development. Are we on the verge of another upheaval, a 'fourth revolution' that will reshape U.S. politics for decades to come? There are signs to suggest that we...
99) Jackie & me
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Language
English
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Description
"A historical novel depicting a naïve, career-girl version of Jackie Kennedy and her iconic marriage-in-the-making to an elusive John F. Kennedy, narrated by Jack's best friend and fixer, Lem Billings"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Explores the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer and her connected to President Kennedy
Ideal book for fans of The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot, The Reporter Who Knew Too Much by Dorothy Kilgallen, Dr. Mary's Monkey by Edward T. Haslam, and other JFK conspiracy books
Updated edition of the true crime expose, including new evidence and government documents corroborating the conspiracy to assassinate JFK's trusted ally and final true love
The death of...
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