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Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A former personal assistant to John F. Kennedy, Jr. shares the story of their professional relationship and close friendship, describing how she landed her job under less-than-ideal circumstances, Kennedy's political beliefs, and his untimely death.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between John F. Kennedy and Alicia Corning Clark - and the child they may have had. Based on a real story - in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack. Alicia and Jack are...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
She was the great love of President John F. Kennedy's life, but also Adolf Hitler's special guest at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She was an actress, a journalist, an explorer, an MGM screenwriter, and also a suspected Nazi spy. Inga Arvad lived where gossip intersected with history, and her story, as told by author Scott Farris in Inga, demonstrates the great influence of the private life on public events.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1943: In the midst of the brutal, hard-fought Solomon Islands campaign between the Allies and the Japanese forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle receives an odd assignment: he's sent by the powerful Kennedy family to investigate a murder in which PT skipper (and future president) Jack Kennedy has been implicated. The victim is a native coastwatcher, an allied intelligence operative, whom Kennedy discovered on the island of Tulagi with his head bashed in....
25) John F. Kennedy
Author
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
27) JFK
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
John F. Kennedy assassination expert Russell here compiles a selection of his latest research into the assassination of our thirty-fifth president. These pieces cover every aspect of the JFK assassination, from the shots, to the subsequent investigation, to the Warren Report. Russell's research analyzes newly declassified information and continues to build upon his painstakingly detailed investigations.--From publisher description.
31) Killing Kennedy
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
As global Cold War tensions mount and organized crime escalates in the U.S., a young, ambitious man from a wealthy family rises to become the leader of the free world. At the same time, a former dedicated Marine grows disillusioned with America. When their paths ultimately cross, the course of U.S. history will forever change.
32) John F. Kennedy
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs examine the life and career of John F. Kennedy.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Language
English
Description
''On November 22 , 1963, three shots were fired in Dallas, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the world stopped for four days. For an entire generation, it was the end of an age of innocence. That evening, a photo ran on the front pages of newspapers across the world, showing a Secret Service agent jumping on the back of the presidential limousine in a desperate attempt to protect the President and Mrs. Kennedy. That agent was Clint...
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
The inside story of Lee Harvey Oswald's path to killing John. F. Kennedy. Reissued to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, Marina and Lee is an indispensable account of one of America's most traumatic events, and a classic work of narrative history. In her meticulous, at times even moment by moment, account of Oswald's progress toward the assassination, Priscilla Johnson McMillan takes us inside Oswald's fevered mind and his manic...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"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. Kennedy entered office inexperienced but alluring, his reputation more given by an enamored public than earned through achievement. In this gripping new assessment of his time in the Oval Office, Updegrove reveals how JFK’s first months were marred by setbacks: the...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A historical narrative of the events surrounding the death of the 35th president is set against the backdrop of an escalating Cold War and describes the many political challenges Kennedy was facing before his assassination, in an account that also describes Lee Harvey Oswald's story and the events surrounding his death.
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