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Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Charlie and Margaret Marder, political stars in 1960s Washington DC, know all too well how the tangled web of power in the nation's capital can operate. But while they long to settle into the comforts of home, Attorney General Robert Kennedy has other plans. He needs them to look into a potential threat not only to the presidency, but to the security of the United States itself. Charlie and Margaret quickly find themselves on a flight to sunny Los...
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 300 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
A uniquely unscripted, insider account of Kennedy and his cabinet grappling with the day-to-day business of the White House and guiding the nation through a hazardous era of uncertainty. Features extensively annotated transcripts of the recordings and a foreword by Caroline Kennedy.
Author
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiii, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of JFK's final months examines his roles in advancing civil rights and the Limited Test Ban Treaty, recounts the death of his premature infant son, and considers what might have occurred had he not been assassinated.
Author
Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Physical Desc
x, 612 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An evaluation of the complex relationship between the Kennedy family and the FBI director traces their shared political years through their parallel rises and controversial deaths and considers the roles played by such figures as Joe McCarthy and Martin Luther King.
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
53 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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...
Author
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 228 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins of the 'Plumbers' (the Special Investigations Unit) and Nixon's policy of illegal break-ins for partisan political gain, which led to Watergate, its cover-up, and Nixon's resignation. The e-book links to extended transcripts and audio files of the presidential...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 8 sound discs (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the annotated transcription and original audio for the 1964 interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy on her experiences and impressions as the wife of John F. Kennedy, offering an intimate and detailed account of the man and his times. Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for...
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