Kennedy Through the Lens: How Photography and Television Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Leader

by Martin W. Sandler

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Provides insight into how JFK used the new medium of television and the advances in color photography to further his ambitious agenda.

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This book is so awesome! Loved the wonderful photographs. The book also provided great pictures for telling the story of JFK's life through the public eye. Definitely would recommend this book to teachers who are teaching about John F. Kennedy. This book is easy to read and understand. It also provides resources in the back.
Rated four stars, this book is a good biography and informational text regarding one of the nation's greatest presidents. This book depicts the life of JFK through pictures and in easy to read sections for students. This would be an excellent book for teachers to introduce biographies, presidents, and JFK to students.
I love this book. The information is wonderful. I think you could use this more in a Middle School setting. I loved all the different pictures.
Little Kid Reaction: I gave the book to one of our neighbor’s daughter’s to read. She enjoyed it and wanted to know more about JFK.

Big Kid Reaction: I liked the scope of the book and the fact that it kept each chapter short (one page with a full page color photo) but still managed to cram in a lot of good information.

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I am very interested in the Kennedy's so this was the book for me. The book had all the details of JFK's life; everything from his family life to his assassination to the unanswered questions of his life. If you enjoy documentaries and the Kennedy's, this is definitely the book for you.
Kennedy Through the Lens is a very good book about the life of President John F. Kennedy. He is a war hero, people person, and a true American. This book shows the many great pictures taken while he was the president.
This is an information text about the John F Kennedy. Great facts and information about him. Great book!

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Martin W. Sandler is the author of Lincoln Through the Lens and The Dust Bowl Through the Lens. He has won five Emmy Awards for his writing for television and is the author of more than sixty books, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Among Sandler's other books are the six volumes in his award-winning Library of Congress show more American History Series for Young People, a series which has sold more than 500,000 copies. Other books by Mr. Sandler include: Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island, Trapped in Ice, The Story of American Photography, The Vaqueros, America: A Celebration, and This Was America. Martin Sandler has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and at Smith College. In 2014 his title, Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Nonfiction, Tween, Kids
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973.922092History & geographyHistory of North AmericaUnited States1901-Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001)Dwight D. Eisenhower, 2nd Term (1953-1961) Sputnik Crisis, Little Rock Crisis, National Aeronautics and Space ActBiography
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E842 .Z9 .S27History of the United StatesUnited StatesLater twentieth century, 1961-2000Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963Assassination, funeral, memorial services, etc.
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English
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