JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (Hardcover)

from nancyadair

My first biography of John F. Kennedy was a comic book. One image that has always remained in my memory is of the Kennedy family at the dinner table, father Joe quizzing his children on current events. My family never talked about current events or politics at the dinner table. When my school fri...

from pomo58

JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall is the first volume in what will be a two volume biography. This is an excellent example of what a biography of an iconic figure can be, a story of both the individual and of the world within which the person became an icon...

from knightlight777

Volume one covering the life of this iconic statesman from 1917 to the 1956 election. The book begins by giving us a brief ancestral profile of the Kennedys and Fitzgeralds. These ties are important as it builds the foundation of how wealth and political connection eventually steers and propels y...

from nancyadair

My first biography of John F. Kennedy was a comic book. One image that has always remained in my memory is of the Kennedy family at the dinner table, father Joe quizzing his children on current events. My family never talked about current events or politics at the dinner table. When my school fri...

from pomo58

JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall is the first volume in what will be a two volume biography. This is an excellent example of what a biography of an iconic figure can be, a story of both the individual and of the world within which the person became an icon...