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A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House

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ISBN13: 9781579124496
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Written by one of our foremost historians and published in 1965, A Thousand Daysis still considered the most complete and definitive portrait of John F. Kennedy and his administration. Handpicked by Kennedy to serve as special assistant to the president, historian and Harvard professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced some of the most important and dramatic events in modern history.

The hundreds of photographs and documents included here have been gleaned from such sources as the John F. Kennedy Library, the Library of Congress, the Associated Press, Lifemagazine, and more. The photos capture private meetings with the president, the Bay of Pigs, the Civil Rights movement, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as official White House memoranda, public speeches, social occasions, and private moments with the Kennedy family. These powerful images add a new dimension to the award-winning text and introduce a new generation to some of the most important and visually iconic moments in our recent past.

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First published in 1965, this Pulitzer Prize winner is still considered the most complete and definitive portrait of John F. Kennedy and his administration. Hundreds of photographs introduce a new generation to some of the most important moments in America's recent past.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning portrait of John F. Kennedy's Presidency, fully illustrated with hundreds of historic photographs. The author was a special assistant to the President.
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is a renowned historian, social critic,and author. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize and theNational Book Award. In 1998, he was awarded the prestigiousNational Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City.David Sobel was editorial director of Times Books, wherehe worked closely with Arthur Schlesinger on the AmericanPresidents series of biographies. He lives in Montclair,New Jersey.
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SamFisher, January 9, 2011 (view all comments by SamFisher)
A Thousand Days is ultimately the most detailed and literate memoir of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his latter political life where Arthur Schlesinger Jr. depicts and interprets the bureaucratic journey of John Fitzgerald Kennedy from when he received the democratic nomination, throughout the presidency, and finally to the abominable autumn day of November 22nd, 1963 when he was atrociously assassinated.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. writes about the three years of the Kennedy administration with such detail that the reader can visualize every moment and make their own interpretation of the events that established John Fitzgerald Kennedy's nomination and election of presidency, ultimately to the events that ratify his legacy as the thirty fifth president of the United States of America. The memoir is limited to Schlesinger's own bias of fact from which he had personally experienced, leaving an attempt to read the book with an optimistic political ideology at a minimum.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. presents a great memoir where ANYONE can read about the Kennedy Presidency and learn something new everytime.
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b_dabo, November 9, 2009 (view all comments by b_dabo)
The nicest, most detailed and most intense book I have ever read on JFK presidency.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781579124496
Subtitle:
John F. Kennedy in the White House
Publisher:
Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers
Author:
Schlesinger, Jr. , Arthur
Author:
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr.
Author:
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Author:
Sobel, David
Abridged:
Sobel, David
Subject:
Historical - U.S.
Subject:
United States - 20th Century/60s
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Presidents
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Presidents & Heads of State
Abridged:
Y
Publication Date:
20050901
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
11.30x9.42x1.34 in. 4.49 lbs.
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Product details 384 pages Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers - English 9781579124496 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , First published in 1965, this Pulitzer Prize winner is still considered the most complete and definitive portrait of John F. Kennedy and his administration. Hundreds of photographs introduce a new generation to some of the most important moments in America's recent past.
"Synopsis" by , The Pulitzer Prize-winning portrait of John F. Kennedy's Presidency, fully illustrated with hundreds of historic photographs. The author was a special assistant to the President.
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