{"product_id":"jack-kennedy-elusive-hero-9781451635096","title":"Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Filled with the vitality and spirit that made Jack Kennedy such a magical figure. Chris Matthews shows the cunning and determination beneath that magic. It's an awesome and delightful book.\" --Walter Isaacson, author of \u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"What was he like?\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. What was he like, this man whose own wife called him \"that elusive, unforgettable man?\" In this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling biography, Chris Matthews answers that question with the verve of a novelist. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthews's extraordinary biography is based on personal interviews with those closest to JFK, oral histories by top political aide Kenneth O'Donnell and others, documents from his years as a student at Choate, and notes from Jacqueline Kennedy's first interview after Dallas. As Matthews writes: \"I found a fighting prince never free of pain, never far from trouble, never accepting the world he found, never wanting to be his father's son. He was a far greater hero than he ever wished us to know.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451635096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2012 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chris Matthews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361475559605,"sku":"9781451635096","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_98353a21-b978-448c-8cac-0a5efada4f8b.jpg?v=1701190703","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jack-kennedy-elusive-hero-9781451635096","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}