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Bobby Kennedy the making of a liberal icon

Draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, private papers, and interviews with Kennedy's close family and colleagues to chronicle his transformation from 1950s cold warrior to a liberal champion of the working class, the poor, and minorities.

Main Author: Tye, Larry (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, 2016.
Subjects:
Barber, Kenneth F. tribute.
Kennedy, Robert F., > 1925-1968.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Biographies.
Summary: Draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, private papers, and interviews with Kennedy's close family and colleagues to chronicle his transformation from 1950s cold warrior to a liberal champion of the working class, the poor, and minorities.
Physical Description: xxi, 580 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-552) and index.
ISBN: 9780812993349 (hardcover)
0812993349 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Larry Tye is a medical writer at The Boston Globe where he has won numerous awards for his work. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and is the author of The Father of Spin, a biography of public relations pioneer Edward L. Bernays. His latest biography is called Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend.

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