{"product_id":"kennedy-the-classic-biography-isbn-9780061967849","title":"Kennedy: The Classic Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A brilliant and essential document about the man, the President, and his times. In all the millions of words which have been written about the martyred President, this book must remain unique. . . . It is John F. Kennedy’s life, his personality, his thinking which informed his action and that action itself described with honest and candor which illuminate and enliven the crowded pages of this book. Sorensen has managed to portray Kennedy in realistic human terms and not as the hero of a myth. . . . It is the richness of detail, anecdotes, incidents, conversations, descriptions rather than any gossip or startling revelations which gives the book its compelling readability.”   —\u003cem\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eclassic, intimate, and #1 national bestselling biography of JFK by his great\u003cbr\u003eadvisor Ted Sorensen. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1953, freshman senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts hired a\u003cbr\u003etwenty-four-year-old from Nebraska as his Number Two legislative assistant—on a\u003cbr\u003etrial basis. Despite the differences in their backgrounds, in the eleven years\u003cbr\u003ethat followed Ted Sorensen became known as Kennedy's intellectual blood bank,\u003cbr\u003etop policy aide, and alter ego. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSorensen knew Kennedy the man, the senator, the\u003cbr\u003ecandidate, and the president as no other associate did. From his role as a\u003cbr\u003elegislative assistant to Kennedy's death in 1963, Sorensen was with him during\u003cbr\u003ethe key crises and turning points—including the spectacular race for the vice\u003cbr\u003epresidency at the 1956 convention, the launching of Kennedy's presidential\u003cbr\u003ecandidacy, the TV debates with Nixon, and election night at Hyannis Port. The\u003cbr\u003efirst appointment made by the new president was to name Ted Sorensen his\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Counsel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKennedy\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cbr\u003eSorensen recounts failures as well as successes with surprising candor and\u003cbr\u003eobjectivity. He reveals Kennedy's errors on the Bay of Pigs, and his attitudes\u003cbr\u003etoward the press, Congress, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sorensen saw\u003cbr\u003efirsthand Kennedy's actions in the Cuban missile crisis, and the evolution of\u003cbr\u003ehis beliefs on civil rights and arms control. First published in 1965 and\u003cbr\u003ereissued here with a new preface, Kennedy is an intimate biography of an\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary man, and one of the most important historical accounts of the\u003cbr\u003etwentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eTed Sorensen knew Kennedy the man, the senator, the candidate, and the president as no other associate did. From his hiring as a legislative assistant to Kennedy's death in 1963, Sorensen was with him during the key crises and turning points—including the spectacular race for the vice presidency at the 1956 convention, the launching of Kennedy's presidential candidacy, the TV debates with Nixon, and election night at Hyannis Port. The first appointment made by the new president was to name Ted Sorensen his Special Counsel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eKennedy\u003c\/em\u003e, Sorensen recounts failures as well as successes with surprising candor and objectivity. He reveals Kennedy's errors on the Bay of Pigs, and his attitudes toward the press, Congress, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sorensen saw firsthand Kennedy's actions in the Cuban missile crises, and the evolution of his beliefs on civil rights and arms control. First published in 1965 and reissued here with a new preface, \u003cem\u003eKennedy\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate biography of an extraordinary man, and one of the most important historical accounts of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Sorensen was so close to his chief cerebrally that this book . . . is the nearest we will have to the memoirs Kennedy intended to write himself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is no mere memoir. It is a monument.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thrilling. . . . Crammed with important detail . . . much of which had not been previously known. . . . It is a more revealing book than if President Kennedy had written it himself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Completely truthful. . . . Completely personal. . . . Sorensen saw more closely than anyone else the way Kennedy’s mind worked, the ideas that were closest to him and the emotions that moved him. . . . For those who want to know more about what it is like to be President and in particular what the Presidency was like when Kennedy had it, this is the book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A literary triumph. . . . A reconstruction of the public life, the attitudes, ideas, and actions of John F. Kennedy as Senator, campaigner, and President . . . more candidly and far more analytically than any Presidential memoir I recall, it labels and assesses errors of omission or commission in the realm of public action. . . . Here is the man in motion, intellectually and pragmatically. Not the least of the good things about this book is Sorensen’s ability to tell a cogent, fast-paced story. His narrative style is remarkably good. The reading is a pleasure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The authority of the true alter ego. . . . One feels that Sorensen’s \u003cem\u003eKennedy\u003c\/em\u003e is a highly substitute for the book Kennedy was going to write—and possibly more candid and accurate than anything Kennedy might have written, with or withour his help, as an ex-President.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Very human . . . filled with valuable information and keen insights. It will be a long time before there will be a better book on John F. Kennedy as Senator and President.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant and essential document about the man, the President, and his times. In all the millions of words which have been written about the martyred President, this book must remain unique. . . . Sorensen has managed to portray Kennedy in realistic human terms and not as the hero of a myth. . . . It is the richness of detail, anecdotes, incidents, conversations, descriptions rather than any gossip or startling revelations which gives the book its compelling readability.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887967498469,"sku":"NP9780061967849","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061967849.jpg?v=1730227844","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/kennedy-the-classic-biography-isbn-9780061967849","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}