One Brief Shining Moment: Remembering Kennedy

by William Manchester

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An intimate view of Pres. Kennedy's rise in politics and 1037 days in office as President of the U.S.

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craigkay 8 reviews

Beautiful pictures; terrible content. This book pays homage to the Kennedy Myth and rewrites history almost to a sycophantic pitch. Anyone who has any knowledge and/or memory of this period in history will realize that this is at best, an idealized portrait of John Kennedy. Unfortunately, it is not history.

Apr 17, 2011

jvega52 39 reviews

An extremely well written book covering the history of John F. Kennedy and his family.

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leslie440 399 reviews

GOOD CONDITION

Jan 4, 2012