6/29/2023 0 Comments Jack kennedy by chris matthews![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You'll learn the origins of his inaugural call to "Ask what you can do for your country." You'll discover his role in the genesis of the Peace Corps, his stand on civil rights, his push to put a man on the moon, his ban on nuclear arms testing. Chris Matthews's extraordinary biography is based on personal interviews with those closest to JFK, oral histories by top political aide Kenneth O'Donnell and others, documents from years as a student at Choate, and notes from Jacqueline Kennedy's first interview after Dallas. He loved courage, hated war, lived each day as if it were his last. What was he like, this person whose own wife called him "that elusive, unforgettable man"? The Jack Kennedy you discover here wanted never to be alone, never to be bored. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends. With the verve of a novelist, Chris Matthews gives us just that. "What was he like?" Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. ![]()
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