BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE LAST CAMPAIGN

by Thurston Clarke

Generous without being slavish, beautifully capturing Kennedy’s passion and dignity. Full review >

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JACKIE AS EDITOR

by Greg Lawrence

Chatty without being vulgar, a deeply admiring portrait of a lady the world is just now getting to know. Full review >

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FORTY WAYS TO LOOK AT JFK

by Gretchen Rubin

Fascinating presentation of what, for most Americans, made Kennedy who he was. Full review >

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MRS. KENNEDY

by Barbara Leaming

Admirably detailed, stunningly successful, and likely to become the definitive biography of the Kennedy marriage, with all... Full review >

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THE KENNEDY WOMEN

by Laurence Leamer

By ferreting out new sources and new material and putting the familiar tales into a broader social context, Leamer gives a... Full review >

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ROBERT KENNEDY

by Evan Thomas

A compelling re-telling of one of the saddest and most intriguing life stories in American politics. Full review >

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NONFICTION

KENNEDYS

edited by Clint Willis

Into the Kennedy aura once more, but brightly. Full review >

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