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JFK Jr. : an intimate oral biography / RoseMarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil ; edited by Kim Hubbard.

Terenzio, RoseMarie, (author.). McNeil, Liz, (author.). Hubbard, Kim, (editor.).

Summary:

"The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination twenty-five years after his tragic death. Born into the spotlight, John F. Kennedy Jr. lived a short but remarkable life filled with expectation, ambition, family pressures, love, and tragedy. JFK Jr. dives deep into his complicated psyche and explores the what-ifs, illuminating both the cultural and political moment he inhabited and the way this son of a president, so full of promise and possibility, embodied America's most cherished hopes"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781668018514 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xii, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2024.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

When Jackie met Jack -- A son and an heir -- November 22, 1963 -- Aftermath -- Starting over -- Enter Ari -- Collegiate kid -- Bong hits and the brothers Johnson -- The JK factor -- Postgrad -- A star is born -- "John Jr.'s in the building" -- "With every girl ... it was one more notch up" -- Weight of history -- Death of an icon, birth of a magazine -- Carolyn -- Ladies and gentlemen, meet George -- Meet me at the Carlyle -- "The only gift we could actually give them is their privacy" -- "It just escalated and escalated" -- Under pressure -- Off-hours -- "How do you become your own person ... when you almost belong to everyone?" -- 1999 -- "John's not coming back" -- "A dark night" -- "A nightmare week."