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An unfinished love story a personal history of the 1960s

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.

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Main Author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Goodwin, Richard N.
Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
United States > History > 1961-1969.
United States > Politics and government > 1961-1963.
United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
United States > Economic conditions > 1945-
Speechwriters > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Nineteen sixties.
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Summary:The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.
Physical Description:467 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-449) and index.
ISBN:9781982108663
1982108665
Author Notes:Doris Kearns Goodwin was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 4, 1943. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Colby College in 1964 and a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University in 1968. She taught at Harvard University and worked as an assistant to President Lyndon Johnson during his last year in the White House.

She has written numerous books including The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, Wait Till Next Year, and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, and Leadership: In Turbulent Times. She has received numerous awards including Pulitzer Prize in history, the Harold Washington Literary Award, the Ambassador Book Award for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, and the Lincoln Prize and the Book Prize for American History for Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

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