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Bobby Kennedy : the making of a liberal icon / Larry Tye.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812993349 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxi, 580 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968. United States. Congress. Senate > Biography. Legislators > United States > Biography. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 973.922092 Kenne-T | 31681010019008 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An award-winning journalist and the New York Times best-selling author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend was given unprecedented access by the Kennedy family to write this in-depth biography of the political operative who masterminded his brother's whatever-it-takes bids for senator and president. - Baker & Taylor
Draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, private papers, and interviews with Kennedy's close family and colleagues to chronicle his transformation from 1950s cold warrior to a liberal champion of the working class, the poor, and minorities. - Random House, Inc.
âA multilayered, inspiring portrait of RFK . . . [the] most in-depth look at an extraordinary figure whose transformational story shaped America.ââJoe Scarborough, The Washington Post
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â Soon to be a Hulu original series starring Chris Pine. Larry Tye appears on CNNâs American Dynasties: The Kennedys.
âWe are in Larry Tyeâs debt for bringing back to life the young presidential candidate who . . . almost half a century ago, instilled hope for the future in angry, fearful Americans.ââDavid Nasaw, The New York Times Book Review
Bare-knuckle operative, cynical White House insider, romantic visionaryâRobert F. Kennedy was all of these things at one time or another, and each of these aspects of his personality emerges in the pages of this powerful and perceptive biography.
History remembers RFK as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive knight of a bygone era of American politics. But Kennedyâs enshrinement in the liberal pantheon was actually the final stage of a journey that began with his service as counsel to the red-baiting senator Joseph McCarthy. In Bobby Kennedy, Larry Tye peels away layers of myth and misconception to capture the full arc of his subjectâs life. Tye draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, and fifty-eight boxes of papers that had been under lock and key for forty years. He conducted hundreds of interviews with RFK intimates, many of whom have never spoken publicly, including Bobbyâs widow, Ethel, and his sister, Jean. Tyeâs determination to sift through the tangle of often contradictory opinions means that Bobby Kennedy will stand as the definitive biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family.
Praise for Bobby Kennedy
âA compelling story of how idealism can be cultivated and liberalism learned . . . Tye does an exemplary job of capturing not just the chronology of Bobbyâs life, but also the sense of him as a person.ââLos Angeles Review of Books
âCaptures RFKâs rise and fall with straightforward prose bolstered by impressive research.ââUSA Today
â[Tye] has a keen gift for narrative storytelling and an ability to depict his subject with almost novelistic emotional detail.ââMichiko Kakutani, The New York Times
âNuanced and thorough . . . [RFKâs] vision echoes through the decades.ââThe Economist
