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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... later referred to his election as an " almost impossible dream . " He was , after all , a man who had been close to death three times before he was forty years old . He was also the first Roman Catholic president . John F. Kennedy was ...
... later write that as children they used to joke about the great risk a mosquito took in biting Jack Kennedy - with some of his blood , the mosquito was sure to die . Scarlet fever , which made its presence known by a high temperature and ...
... later , when Jack was asked about his father's role in the family , he said , " I don't think you can have nine children in a house without there being some rigid authority , and I think my father supplied that . But not unnecessarily ...
... later said , “ I always heard he [ Joe ] chased him out the door and down the beach until they saw Grandpa's car enter the driveway . " Jack was always ready for an adventure , a trait that sometimes got him into trouble . On one ...
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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 |