Description: "Filled with the vitality and spirit that made Jack Kennedy such a magical figure. Chris Matthews shows the cunning and determination beneath that magic. It's an awesome and delightful book." --Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs"What was he like?" Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. What was he like, this man whose own wife called him "that elusive, unforgettable man?" In this New York Times bestselling biography, Chris Matthews answers that question with the verve of a novelist. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war. Matthews's extraordinary biography is based on personal interviews with those closest to JFK, oral histories by top political aide Kenneth O'Donnell and others, documents from his years as a student at Choate, and notes from Jacqueline Kennedy's first interview after Dallas. As Matthews writes: "I found a fighting prince never free of pain, never far from trouble, never accepting the world he found, never wanting to be his father's son. He was a far greater hero than he ever wished us to know
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Signed By: Chris Mathews
Signed: Yes
Book Series: Historical
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Simon & Shuster Hardcover Edition
Vintage: No
California Prop 65 Warning: NA
Personalize: No
Type: Novel
Unit Type: oz
Literary Movement: 21st Century
Era: 2010s
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Personalization Instructions: NONE
Book Title: Jack Kennedy : Elusive Hero
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 1.6 in
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, Political
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 29.4 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Chris Matthews
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
