John F Kennedy And The Young People Of America

Author : John F. Kennedy
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781579120146
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Profiles in Courage written by John F. Kennedy and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the courage and conviction demonstrated by some great Americans

Author : Catherine Corley Anderson
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780822549048
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John F. Kennedy written by Catherine Corley Anderson and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 1991 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the vibrant and witty thirty-fifth president of the United States.

Author : iMinds
Publisher : iMinds Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1921761423
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John F Kennedy written by iMinds and published by iMinds Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the life and times of John F Kennedy with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, or JFK, was President of the United States of America from 1961 to 1963. From his unlikely rise to power at the age of forty-three to his dramatic death at the hand of an assassin, his presidency marked a transformative and tumultuous period in American history. Kennedy was America's first Catholic President ...

Author : Catherine Corley Anderson
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822508120
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John F. Kennedy written by Catherine Corley Anderson and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the dynamic leader who served as the thirty-fifth president of the United States until his assassination in 1963.

Author : Ben Nussbaum
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1620081377
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kennedy: His Life and Legacy written by Ben Nussbaum and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the untimely death of America's most popular president, Kennedy: His Life & Legacy is a candid look at the charisma and excitement that captured the nation during John F. Kennedy's one thousand days of Camelot. Editor Ben Nussbaum has compiled a collection of riveting chapters that discuss the influence and money of the Kennedy clan, the politics and unique circumstances that led to JFK's election, his presidency, his family, and his assassination. The book convincingly debunks the major conspiracy theories that mushroomed on our nation's darkest day, when the much-loved young president was violently slain in the streets of Dallas, Texas. Concise and colorful, this 96-page book offers readers a snapshot of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and a glimpse at what made Americans fall in love with the thirty-fifth president during a time not only of great population and economic growth but also of pressing international conflicts with Vietnam, the U.S.S.R., and Cuba. Over five decades since JFK's election, he remains the most highly rated President, according to a Gallup poll; during his brief presidency, his approval rating of 70.1 was the highest of any post-World War II chief executive.A handsome young Boston native, from one of America's wealthiest and most influential families, JFK declared on the day of his inauguration that the country was now "a new generation of Americans," and citizens responded enthusiastically to the new president's positive outlook, charisma, and confidence. By 1960, the United States of America had emerged as the world's only superpower, and JFK, as the first president born in the twentieth century, represented hope, prosperity, and strength to the world at large. He used the country's new popular medium;television;to his great advantage, appearing in ninety percent of the country's living room as a charming, well-educated, worldly world leader. The book presents JFK as the nation's first Hollywood president;a celebrity who braced the nation for changes and challenges of the New Frontier, encouraging Americans to dream about stars, far-off planets, and a moon that an American would soon be the first to walk upon.In Kennedy, His Life & Legacy, Nussbaum presents John F. Kennedy, our youngest president;forty-three upon his inauguration;as a U.S. Navy war hero, the inspired author of Profiles in Courage, and a talented, thoughtful statesman and then demystifies the hero by showing how he used his charisma and power to downplay his youth and inexperience, his lackluster performance in Congress, and his unattractive Catholicism. Kennedy did well, too, to hide his dark side;his years as a rash and wild womanizer, his poor health, and the elitism that stemmed from his family's virtually limitless wealth. The book unapologetically recounts JFK's playboy escapades, taking place before and during his presidency;in the Oval Office, the Lincoln bedroom, and the White House pool. The author names names: Mary Pinchot Meyer, Judith Campbell Exner, Jill Cowen, Priscilla Wear, Pamela Turnure, and of course, Marilyn Monroe. The family's great wealth, however, easily offset the president's moral bankruptcy, and the White House staff along with Frank Sinatra, J. Edgar Hoover, and other high-profile celebrities miraculously kept all of JFK's sexcapades quiet until years after his death. In painting a realistic human portrait of JFK, the book discusses the president's relationships with his father, Joseph; his younger brother Robert; his wife, Jacqueline; his Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as various world leaders, and how the devotion of his wife and family helped to shield his political and personal image from disgrace. The head of the Kennedy family, a self-made tycoon, and a foreign ambassador, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. fueled not only the family's private planes and fleets of automobiles but also their ambition and competitive spirits. The father of nine, Joe made national politics a family affair and financed his sons' campaigns himself. Three of his four sons became major national politicians who sought the presidency.The book discusses the country's fascination with Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, JFK's devoted wife and heartbroken widow, a quiet but sophisticated First Lady whose unique sense of style captured the fashion world and catapulted Oleg Cassini to greater international fame. As the book reveals, Jackie Kennedy well knew about her husband's extravagant indiscretions and actually worked hard to protect his image;and her own.Other chapters, fully illustrated and often accompanied by detailed timelines, are devoted to major events or people in the president's life: the Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, the harrowing attack on JFK's PT-109 in the Pacific, the establishment of the Peace Corps, Robert Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, and JFK's battle with Addison's disease. A fascinating chapter on the historical events of November 11, 1963 offers a heart-stopping account of JFK's assassination and a detailed timeline of the events of that day. Inevitably, the book addresses the new age ushered in by the birth of conspiracy theories surrounding the president's assassination, in part due to the findings of the Warren Commission itself. With swiftness and clarity, the text debunks several major conspiracy theories, revealing both truths and falsehoods. Among the many popular possible conspirators covered are: the FBI, the CIA, the Mafia, those who hated the Vietnam War, those who loved or hated Fidel Castro, the Communists, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. The author purports that the FBI did not mount a plot to assassinate JFK, but the agency worked diligently in the aftermath to cover up the possibility that such plot existed.Despite revelations about JFK's image, character, and limitations since that dark day in November 1963, John F. Kennedy's life, presidency, and death retain a powerful hold on the nation's heart and memory. Kennedy: His Life & Legacy celebrates this all-too human American president who became a larger-than-life hero, one who continues today to fascinate new generations of Americans and citizens of the world.

Author : Tanya Savory
Publisher : Townsend Press
ISBN 13 : 1591943566
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John F. Kennedy written by Tanya Savory and published by Townsend Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” John F. Kennedy grew up surrounded by wealth and privilege. He was given opportunities that most young people only dream of having. However, Kennedy learned quite young that money can’t buy everything. He fought sickness and pain throughout his life, endured the death of a brother in World War II, and lost his favorite sister in a plane crash. It was, perhaps, this balance of privilege and pain that made it possible for Kennedy to understand the “common links” that, in spite of our differences, all humans share. We all want to be treated fairly, to feel safe, to dream big dreams, and to feel proud of our country. When Kennedy became President, he made these links the heart of his work. And when he died, his brother Bobby, and then his brother Ted, carried on the work that John had begun.

Author : John F. Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608192717
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letters of John F. Kennedy written by John F. Kennedy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive collection of letters by and to JFK offers unique insights into his character and times, in a volume that includes correspondences with such figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, and a young John Kerry.

Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1432980971
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John F. Kennedy written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2013 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the life and death of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. Discusses his powerful political family, the key events and policy of his presidency, his medical problems and personal life, and his assassination and the intrigue that still surrounds the event.

Author : Editors of TIME For Kids
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060576022
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time For Kids: John F. Kennedy written by Editors of TIME For Kids and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young John F. Kennedywas a mischief maker, but he also had a serious side. He cared about people's problems and, with his words, could easily persuade others to go along with his ideas. As he grew up, Kennedy's family decided that he was meant for great things -- the presidency of the United States. TIME For Kids® Biographies help make a connection between the lives of past heroes and the events of today. Kennedy's desire to help Americans -- and others around the world -- is as important now as it was forty years ago.

Author : Jean Kennedy Smith
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062444247
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nine of Us written by Jean Kennedy Smith and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof. Prompted by interesting tidbits in the newspaper, Rose and Joe Kennedy would pose questions to their nine children at the dinner table. "Where could Amelia Earhart have gone?" "How would you address this horrible drought?" "What would you do about the troop movements in Europe?" It was a nightly custom that helped shape the Kennedys into who they would become. Before Joe and Rose’s children emerged as leaders on the world stage, they were a loving circle of brothers and sisters who played football, swam, read, and pursued their interests. They were children inspired by parents who instilled in them a strong work ethic, deep love of country, and intense appreciation for the sacrifices their ancestors made to come to America. "No whining in this house!" was their father’s regular refrain. It was his way of reminding them not to complain, to be grateful for what they had, and to give back. In her remarkable memoir, Kennedy Smith—the last surviving sibling—revisits this singular time in their lives. Filled with fascinating anecdotes and vignettes, and illustrated with dozens of family pictures, The Nine of Us vividly depicts this large, close-knit family during a different time in American history. Kennedy Smith offers indelible, elegantly rendered portraits of her larger-than-life siblings and her parents. "They knew how to cure our hurts, bind our wounds, listen to our woes, and help us enjoy life," she writes. "We were lucky children indeed."