Jack
A Life Like No Other
$33.41
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2002
Summary
Jack is the first comprehensive one-volume biography of JFK and the first account of his life based on the extensive documentary record that has finally become available, including personal diaries, taped conversations from the White House, recently declassified government documents, extensive family correspondence, and crucial interviews sealed for nearly forty years.
Jack provides a much-needed perspective on Kennedy’s bewilderingly complex personality, presents a compelling account…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375761256 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 037576125X |
| Author: | Geoffrey Perret |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2002 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 130mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
“A portrait of Kennedy that is thoroughly grounded in fact, free of partisan bias and believable.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Geoffrey Perret, in the first full-scale biography of John Kennedy in almost twenty years, sheds new light on the man’s mystique, his marriage and his all too brief presidency.”
—GQ
“Perret captures the paradox at Kennedy’s core: He was an idealist and a visionary who couldn’t or wouldn’t control his most adolescent urges.”
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Full of revelations…[Perret] does a good job deflating the erroneous image of the Kennedys as Boston aristocracy…and he strikes a good balance between the personal and the political.”
—Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Geoffrey Perret
Geoffrey Perret was educated at Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. He was enlisted in the U.S. Army for three years and is the author of the acclaimed books Ulysses S. Grant and Eisenhower. He lives in England with his wife.
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