num_pages: 43
description: Discover the remarkable life of John F. Kennedy...John F. Kennedy is the president that everyone knows. He was a rich mans son an athlete a war hero a ladies man an author a president his face rendered forever young because the last time Americans saw him he was riding in a convertible in Dallas his glamorous wife at his side. Then the bullets struck and the assassinated president became a legend the truth of his life obscured by his tragic and untimely death. But JFK had more depth to his character than the magazine covers indicated.The rich mans son was the grandson of Irishmen who knew what it was to be denied jobs because Irish werent welcome in Boston. The athlete suffered from poor health all his life from a bad back to Addisons disease. The war hero whose PT-109 boat became part of his campaign legend was the son who survived; elder brother Joe flying on a secret mission was killed for his heroism. The ladies man loved his wife but fidelity was not a concept revered by the Kennedy men. The Pulitzer Prize that he was awarded for Profiles in Courage should have gone to the person who actually wrote it. In 1963 death in Dallas ended his first term as president bringing an end to the optimism that he inaugurated when he narrowly defeated Vice President Richard Nixon in the 1960 election. But the Kennedy legend like Camelot lives forever.Discover a plethora of topics such as No Irish Need Apply War and the Kennedys Kennedy in Congress Kennedy for President Kennedy Women The Presidency
language: English
title: John F. Kennedy: A Life From Beginning to End
publisher: Hourly History