John F. Kennedy: His Life and LegacyHarper Collins, 2005 - 160 Seiten President John F. Kennedy lived an extraordinary life. He was awarded a Purple Heart for bravery in World War II. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles In Courage. He was the youngest man ever elected president and the first president born in the twentieth century.His commitment to civil rights and his efforts to limit the use of nuclear weapons changed American life. President John F. Kennedy’s life and, sadly, his early death, are part of history. A voracious reader of biographies, President Kennedy has fittingly been the subject of many volumes himself. When asked why he enjoyed reading biographies, President Kennedy replied, "Because they answer the question 'What's he like?'" In attempting to answer that question, author Shelley Sommer presents John F. Kennedy in his many roles -- as a boy, a young man, a war hero, a politician, a husband, a father, and finally a president. This look at John F. Kennedy, illustrated with photos from the Kennedy Family Collection and the Kennedy Library, gives young readers a look at a dynamic man whose personality and politics helped to shape the twentieth century and continue to influence American life today. |
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... born in the twentieth century . Marian Anderson , the great African - American singer , sang " The Star- Spangled Banner . " Twenty - two years earlier , in 1939 , Anderson had given a historic performance in front of the Lincoln ...
... born . The baby , John Fitzgerald Kennedy , had arrived , joining his parents and a two - year - old brother , Joseph Jr. The new baby was soon nicknamed Jack . The Kennedys were a prominent Boston family . Jack's father , Joseph , was ...
... born into in 1917 was a country that had just entered a terrible war . Now known as World War I , it was then called the Great War , and it eventually took the lives of nearly nine million young soldiers . But there was soon another ...
... born . Now the family had grown to five children : Joe Jr. , Jack , Rosemary , Kathleen and Eunice . Kathleen , the sister born while Jack was suffer- ing from scarlet fever , was his special friend . Kick , as she was called The ...
... born : Patricia , Robert ( nicknamed Bobby ) , Jean and finally Edward , whom the family called Ted . As a member of a large family Jack never had to look far for a friendly competitor or a companion . The Kennedy children loved the ...
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CHAPTER FOUR | 19 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 25 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 43 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 49 |
CHAPTER NINE | 57 |
CHAPTER | 63 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | 71 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | 85 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | 101 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | 115 |
IN THE WORDS OF JOHN F KENNEDY | 129 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 144 |