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True compass : a memoir / Edward M. Kennedy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Twelve, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 532 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0446539252
  • 9780446539258
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E840.8.K35 A3 2009
Contents:
The torch -- Family. Safe harbor ; No crying in this house ; Wartime London ; Boarding school boy ; The Harvard screwup -- Brotherhood. Kennedy for President ; Becoming a politician ; The New Frontier ; Drinks with the Senator ; 1963 ; Falling to earth ; Thunder ; Bobby -- On my own. the shock of silence ; The hospital ; Nixonian radicals ; Backlash in Boston ; Sailing against the wind ; The Reagan years ; The family business -- Renewal. the woman who changed my life ; Campaigning for political survival ; The Clinton years ; The living Rose ; Senator ; Perseverance.
Summary: In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Speedway Adult Area Non-fiction 973.9209 Kennedy, Edward KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 35550431047342
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The torch -- Family. Safe harbor ; No crying in this house ; Wartime London ; Boarding school boy ; The Harvard screwup -- Brotherhood. Kennedy for President ; Becoming a politician ; The New Frontier ; Drinks with the Senator ; 1963 ; Falling to earth ; Thunder ; Bobby -- On my own. the shock of silence ; The hospital ; Nixonian radicals ; Backlash in Boston ; Sailing against the wind ; The Reagan years ; The family business -- Renewal. the woman who changed my life ; Campaigning for political survival ; The Clinton years ; The living Rose ; Senator ; Perseverance.

In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.

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