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05064aam a2200625 i 4500 001 D7029ED0EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 211213m20219999nyuab e b 001 0beng 020 $a 0812987020 020 $a 9780812987027 035 $a (OCoLC)1288331051 040 $a GZE $b eng $e rda $c GZE $d GZE $d PAU $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d P2Q $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a E842 $b .L555 2021 100 1 $a Logevall, Fredrik, $d 1963- $e author. 245 10 $a JFK : $b coming of age in the American century, 1917-1956 / $c Fredrik Logevall. 246 3 $a John Fitzgerald Kennedy 250 $a Random House trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House, $c [2021]- 300 $a xx, 792 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Preface -- PART I: FOUNDATIONS. 1. Two families -- 2. Childish things -- 3. Second son -- 4. Jack and Lem -- 5. Freshman years -- PART II: WARTIME. 6. Our man in London -- 7. The ambassador's son -- 8. The observer -- 9. A history of the present -- 10. Interludes -- 11. In love and war -- 12. Overboard -- 13. Lost prince -- 14. "Political to his fingertips" -- PART III: POLITICS. 15. The candidate -- 16. The gentleman from Boston -- 17. Red scare -- 18. Two Brahmins -- 19. Jackie -- 20. Dark days -- 21. Rising star -- 22. A very near thing -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 520 $a "By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming American nation he had steered through some of the most perilous diplomatic standoffs of the Cold War era. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had ascended the ranks of Boston's labyrinthine political machine, Kennedy was bred for government, and his meteoric rise to become the youngest president ever cemented his status as one of the most mythologized political figures in American history. And yet, in the decades since his untimely death, hagiographic portrayals of his dazzling charisma, reports of his extramarital affairs, and disagreements over his political legacy have made our 35th president more mysterious than ever--a problem further exacerbated by the fact that no genuinely comprehensive account of his life has yet been attempted. Beckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Fredrik Logevall has spent seven years searching for the "real" JFK. The result of this prodigious effort is a sweeping two-volume biography that, for the first time, properly contextualizes Kennedy amidst the roiling American Century. Beginning with the three generations of Kennedy men and women who transformed the clan from working-class Irish immigrants to members of Boston's political elite, Volume One spans the first thirty-nine years of JFK's life, from sickly second son to restless Harvard undergraduate and World War II hero, through his ascendance on Capitol Hill and, finally, his decision to run for president. In chronicling Kennedy's extraordinary life and times, Logevall offers the clearest portrait we have of an iconic, yet still elusive, American president."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 721-747) and index. 600 10 $a Kennedy, John F. $q (John Fitzgerald), $d 1917-1963. 600 10 $a Kennedy, John F. $q (John Fitzgerald), $d 1917-1963 $x Family. 610 10 $a United States. $b Senate $b Senate $v Biography. 610 16 $a Etats-Unis. $b Senate $b Senate $v Biographies. 600 17 $a Kennedy, John F. $q (John Fitzgerald), $d 1917-1963 $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00035588 610 17 $a United States. $b Senate $b Senate $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00530422 650 0 $a Legislators $z Massachusetts $v Biography. 651 0 $a New England $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a Massachusetts $v Biography. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 651 6 $a Nouvelle-Angleterre $x Politique et gouvernement $y 20e siecle. 651 6 $a Etats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement $y 1945-1989. 651 6 $a Massachusetts $v Biographies. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Families $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01728849 650 7 $a Legislators $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a Massachusetts $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204307 651 7 $a New England $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01241913 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 0 $a Biography. 655 2 $a Biography 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a Logevall, Fredrik, 1963- $t JFK $b First edition. $d New York : Random House, 2020 $z 9780812997149 $w (DLC) 2020003489 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019021408.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D7029ED0EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search