Jack
by Herbert S. Parmet
At a glance:
- Author: Herbert S. Parmet
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: May 29, 1917-January, 1960
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Politicians, Presidents
- Locales: United States, North America
This is the first volume of a two-part biography of John F. Kennedy by Herbert S. Parmet, Professor of History at Queensborough Community College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. The volume covers the period from Kennedy’s birth to the announcement of his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Published seventeen years after the assassination, this painstaking study is more serious and objective than the books released heretofore which generally were written by close associates of the late President. Although acquainted with these...
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