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Format:
Book
Title:
Bobby Kennedy : the making of a liberal icon
ISBN:
9780812983500

9780812993349
Publication:
New York : Random House, 2016.
Physical Description:
xxi, 580 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Random House trade paperback edition."
Contents:
Preface -- An RFK chronology -- Cold warrior -- Crusading -- Brother's keeper -- Getting justice -- Breaking barriers -- Cuba and beyond -- The interregnum -- Off and running -- Senator Kennedy -- Last campaign -- Epilogue: Goodbyes.
Summary:
Draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, private papers, and interviews with Kennedy's close family and colleagues to chronicle his transformation from 1950s cold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.
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