![]() ![]() After a brief section on Chappaquiddick, Kennedy tends to the anecdotal when discussing his political career from clashing with Nixon over Supreme Court nominations to campaigning for Barack Obama. for Jack's presidential campaign in 1960, clashing with Lyndon Johnson over Vietnam, and the heartache of Jack and Bobby's assassinations. Kennedy devotes more than half of the book to the first half of his life-growing up as the youngest of his generation, gaining a political education while touring the western U.S. "A welcome addition to the political memoir bookshelf. This autobiography, completed just before his death in 2009, speaks movingly of his brothers John and Robert and their influence on him his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths his marriage to the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy and his role in the major events of our time, from the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama. Senate and the solid patriarch of the Kennedy dynasty. ![]() And though his life and political career at times seemed doomed to disappointment, Ted Kennedy came to be regarded as the lion of the U.S. Kennedy came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. ![]() The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Black quarter cloth over dark blue boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, illustrated with black and white and color photographs, 532 pp. ![]()
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