JFK [electronic resource] : Volume 1: 1917-1956
Fredrik Logevall2020
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to
the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still
elusive, thirty-fifth president.
By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of
the greatest power the world had ever seen. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish
American family that had become among Boston's wealthiest, Kennedy knew
political ambition from an early age, and his meteoric rise to become the
youngest elected president cemented his status as one of the most mythologized
figures in modern history. And while hagiographic portrayals of his dazzling
charisma, reports of his extramarital affairs, and disagreements over his
political legacy have come and gone in the decades since his untimely death,
these accounts all fail to capture the full person.
Beckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Harvard professor Fredrik
Logevall has spent much o...
Main title:
JFK [electronic resource] : Volume 1: 1917-1956 / Fredrik Logevall
Author:
Fredrik Logevall, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin UK, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (809 MB, 29:27:56 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Mark Deakins
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241991985
Language:
English
BRN:
448484
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |