Full name: A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House

Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Year: 1965 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction, Award winners, Politics, Memoirs, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781579124496 9780618219278 1579124496 0618219277

Written by one of our foremost historians and published in 1965, A Thousand Days is still considered the most complete and definitive portrait of John F. Kennedy and his administration. Handpicked by Kennedy to serve as special assistant to the president, historian and Harvard professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced some of the most important and dramatic events in modern history. The hundreds of photographs and documents included here have been gleaned from such sources as the John F. Kennedy Library, the Library of Congress, the Associated Press, Life magazine, and more. The photos capture private meetings with the president, the Bay of Pigs, the Civil Rights movement, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as official White House memoranda, public speeches, social occasions, and private moments with the Kennedy family. These powerful images add a new dimension to the award-winning text and introduce a new generation to some of the most important and visually iconic moments in our recent past. Similar books: Brothers by David Talbot JFK's Last Hundred Days by Thurston Clarke The Death of a President by William Manchester American Caesars by Nigel Hamilton The Dark Side of Camelot by Seymour M. Hersh Counselor by Ted Sorensen The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter The Imperial Presidency by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The Disuniting of America by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Jack and Jackie by Christopher Andersen The Making of the President by Theodore H. White Nixon and Kissinger by Robert Dallek The Day Kennedy Was Shot by Jim Bishop First Ladies by Betty Boyd Caroli First Mothers by Bonnie Angelo They Also Ran by Irving Stone The Age of Eisenhower by William I. Hitchcock The First American by H. W. Brands First Family by Joseph J. Ellis Robert Kennedy and His Times by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.