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  • Published: 2 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141976587
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 864
  • RRP: $65.00
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John F. Kennedy

An Unfinished Life 1917-1963




50th anniversary edition of the No 1 nationwide US and international bestseller - with a new afterword

Updated edition of the authoritative single-volume biography of John F. Kennedy. Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, prize-winning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy.

Dallek also discloses that, while labouring to present an image of robust good health, Kennedy was secretly in and out of hospitals throughout his life, soill that he was administered last rites on several occasions.

He never shies away from Kennedy's weaknesses, but also brilliantly explores his strengths. The result is a full portrait of a bold, brave and truly human John F. Kennedy.

  • Published: 2 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141976587
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 864
  • RRP: $65.00
Categories:

About the author

Robert Dallek

Robert Dallek is the author of John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life, 1917-1963 and he won the Bancroft Prize for his classic two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians, for which he served as president in 2004-2005. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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