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The book is long and detailed but is an excellent biography worthy of wide readership. The author’s immense research that makes it the great read that it is.
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 biography is well-written and researched of jfk’s forefathers coming from ireland and how they blended in with the no... Read More
John fitzgerald kennedy (1917-1963) was born into wealth and privilege in brookline mass.
Historical contextualizing makes for a much more holistic view of why he became who he became. It looks at the stressors in his life as well as the accomplishments. It also covers other areas of us history during that time and how he was involved. His... Read More
I remember gathering in my grandparents' living room, watching the black horse and carriage as it passed carolyn and john. Joe jr.
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The book is quite verbose. The author uses an incredible amount of parentheses - sometimes 6-8 a page. Very distracting and annoying. Save your money.
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Especially interesting was his analysis of jfks involvment with the diem assasination
This book starts with the background of jfk’s forefathers coming from ireland and how they blended in with the noncatholic fami... Read More
Jfk was certainly a terrible husband even by the standards of his time and there is an iciness to the man in his treatment of s... Read More
There are many kennedy biographies but none written by an historian of professor logevalls stature with the exception of arthur... Read More
Competitiveness
First of two volumes on jfks life focusing on his political development independent of his familys influence their wealth soci... Read More
The author is not uncritical of his subject and his familys influence
This volume one ends just after the 1956 election where kenedy narrowly lost the democratic vice president nomination
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Never having known much of jfk’s earlier life i tended to believe the rather common assumption that he was uninterested in politics until the death of his older brother joe p
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This book clearly demonstrates that this was not at all the case
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Despite jfk being an objectively sympathetic and likable figure logevall is evenhanded in his assessment of the kennedy family not shying away from his subjects serial adultery or the fact that luck raw political calculus and his fathers immense wealth often played an outsized role in his life
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I still prefer robert dalleks jfk biography
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However a few aspects of logevalls are noteworthy
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Coverage of jfks early political career is probably not as detailed as many readers would wish
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