num_pages: 384
description: Written by one of our foremost historians and published in 1965, A Thousand Days is still considered the most complete and definitive portrait of John F. Kennedy and his administration. Handpicked by Kennedy to serve as special assistant to the president, historian and Harvard professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced some of the most important and dramatic events in modern history.The hundreds of photographs and documents included here have been gleaned from such sources as the John F. Kennedy Library, the Library of Congress, the Associated Press, Life magazine, and more. The photos capture private meetings with the president, the Bay of Pigs, the Civil Rights movement, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as official White House memoranda, public speeches, social occasions, and private moments with the Kennedy family. These powerful images add a new dimension to the award-winning text and introduce a new generation to some of the most important and visually iconic moments in our recent past.
language: English
title: A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
titlecomplete: A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
characters: John F. Kennedy
genres: Politics, Us Presidents, Biography, Historical, American History, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Presidents, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 6861
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: -126201600000
name: National Book Award
category: History and Biography
publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal