True Compass: A Memoir

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, p olitics, and fifty years at the center of national events. TRUE COMPASS The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a y oung man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy, recounted here in loving detail. In 1962 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he began a fascinating political education and beca me a legislator. In this historic memoir, Ted Kennedy remembers life with his parents and br others and explains their profound impact on him. For the first time, he re counts his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths. Through it all, h e describes his work in the Senate on the major issues of our time--civil r ights, Vietnam, Watergate, Northern Ireland--and the cause of his life: imp roved health care for all Americans, a fight influenced by his own experien ces in hospitals. His life has been marked by tragedy, perseverance, a love of family, and an abiding faith. There have been controversies, too, and Kennedy addresses them with unprecedented candor. At midlife, embattled and uncertain if he would ever fall in love again, he met the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy. Facing a tough reelection campaign against an aggressive challenger named Mitt Romney, Kennedy began.

Product Info

ISBN: 0446539260

ISBN-13: 9780446539265

Publisher: Twelve

Year: 2011

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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