Incomparable grace : JFK in the presidency / by Mark K. Updegrove.
"Acclaimed presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation, offers an illuminating account of John F. Kennedy's brief but transformative tenure in the White House"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524745745
- ISBN: 152474574X
- Physical Description: viii, 355 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Dutton, [2022]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-339) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- I: The torch. Transition -- "Let us begin" -- The second son -- Rising star -- "The center of the action" -- II. The fire. "How could we have been so stupid?" -- "You will never make it through Alabama" -- Showdown in Vienna -- Jackie -- The wall -- III. The brink. The brothers Kennedy -- Keeping the peace -- "We choose to go to the moon" -- "Going for broke" -- Ole Miss -- "The gravest issues" -- "Burden of choice" -- The knot -- "The antithesis of a politician" -- "Grace under pressure" -- IV. The peak. Birmingham -- Lyndon -- "To turn the world away from war" -- September song -- The march -- A coup in Vietnam -- Dallas -- "Let us continue" -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Presidents > United States > Biography. United States > History > 1953-1961. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | 973.922 UPDE (Text) | 34455006902445 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |