Kennedy, Edward M.

True compass : a memoir / Edward M. Kennedy - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : Twelve, 2009. - x, 532 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - New York Times best sellers. .

The torch -- Family. Safe harbor ; No crying in this house ; Wartime London ; Boarding school boy ; The Harvard screwup -- Brotherhood. Kennedy for President ; Becoming a politician ; The New Frontier ; Drinks with the Senator ; 1963 ; Falling to earth ; Thunder ; Bobby -- On my own. the shock of silence ; The hospital ; Nixonian radicals ; Backlash in Boston ; Sailing against the wind ; The Reagan years ; The family business -- Renewal. the woman who changed my life ; Campaigning for political survival ; The Clinton years ; The living Rose ; Senator ; Perseverance.

In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.

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Kennedy, Edward M. 1932-2009


United States Congress Senate


Legislators--United States
Politics and government--1989---Personal narratives--United States

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