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A brief biography of the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

"Examines the life and career of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States."--From source other than the Library of Congress

An illustrated tribute to the 35th president's White House years, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination, offers insight into JFK's cultural significance to everyday Americans.

"President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a one-room log cabin. President John F. Kennedy was raised in the lap of luxury. One was a Republican and one a Democrat. They lived and served a hundred years apart. Yet they had a number of things in common. Some were coincidental: having seven letters in their last names. Some were monumental: Lincoln's support for the abolitionist movement and Kennedy's support for the civil rights movement. They both lost...