Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit (Hardcover)

from hemlokgang

I learned a lot listening to this audiobook. I, like many, am fascinated by the Kennedys. Although the author reads at a very fast pace (I got the feeling he was spitting as he spoke), I learned details about history, politics, and Bobby Kennedy. Matthews paints him as a tough, principled, driven...

from Doondeck

More anecdotal than historical. Matthews has a good writing style. Can never get enough of Bobby.

from msaucier818

First book of the year! I love Chris Matthew's passion for politics, and I find his enthusiasm for the Kennedy's to be infectious. I enjoyed this short book through Bobby Kennedy's life, and while I don't think there is anything new here, I do think that Matthew's does a nice job showing the exci...

from ghr4

Chris Matthews's Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit is a compelling and bittersweet tribute to RFK, but in a larger sense expresses a heartfelt longing for that type of person and politician: someone who truly cared for the oppressed and disadvantaged, and strived to lift them up. A leader with empat...

from maneekuhi

READ, AND GO BACK TO A TIME WHEN WE HAD HEROES Author Chris Matthews and I have a lot of commonalities - mid-seventies, white male, Catholic, family-rooted, a respect and passion for the Kennedys. Matthews went to Holy Cross, then grad school, desperate to keep a draft deferment; I went to Notre ...