John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life 1917-1963 - Hardcover

Dallek, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713997370 ISBN 13: 9780713997378

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2003

Synopsis

The first authoritative single-volume biography of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades. Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, prizewinning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy.

Dallek also discloses that, while labouring to present an image of robust good health, Kennedy was secretly in and out of hospitals throughout his life, soill that he was administered last rites on several occasions.

Dallek never shies away from Kennedy's weaknesses, but also brilliantly explores his strengths. The result is a full portrait of a bold, brave and truly human John F. Kennedy.

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Review:

""One of the most engrossing biographies I have ever read.... AN UNFINISHED LIFE "is nothing less than a masterpiece."

"Comprehensive, judicious, evenhanded, original. "An Unfinished Life" has the sober judgment and nuanced accuracy that make it ring true in all the controversial and tricky parts." Jack Newfield, ""Los Angeles Times"""

"Comprehensive, judicious, evenhanded, original. An Unfinished Life has the sober judgment and nuanced accuracy that make it ring true in all the controversial and tricky parts."--Jack Newfield, Los Angeles Times

"An intimate portrait indeed . . . unexpected and important. . . . This is nothing if not a profile in courage."--Ted Widmer, New York Times Book Review

"It's hard to believe that someone could find anything new to say about John F. Kennedy, but Dallek succeeds in this riveting and well-documented biography."--The New Yorker

"One of the most engrossing biographies I have ever read. . . . An Unfinished Life is nothing less than a masterpiece."--David Herbert Donald, author of Lincoln

"Neither debunking nor further mythologizing, Dallek fashions a balanced but fast-paced tale of sex and power that scribes from Shakespeare to Jacqueline Susann would have killed for."--Steve Dougherty, People

Book Description:

The no1 bestseller that forever changed how we thought about JFK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0713997370
• ISBN 13: 9780713997378
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 848