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True compass : a memoir / Edward M. Kennedy.
In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.
Record details
- ISBN: 0446539252
- ISBN: 9780446539258
- Physical Description: x, 532 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Twelve, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The torch -- Family. Safe harbor ; No crying in this house ; Wartime London ; Boarding school boy ; The Harvard screwup -- Brotherhood. Kennedy for President ; Becoming a politician ; The New Frontier ; Drinks with the Senator ; 1963 ; Falling to earth ; Thunder ; Bobby -- On my own. the shock of silence ; The hospital ; Nixonian radicals ; Backlash in Boston ; Sailing against the wind ; The Reagan years ; The family business -- Renewal. the woman who changed my life ; Campaigning for political survival ; The Clinton years ; The living Rose ; Senator ; Perseverance. |
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| Subject: | Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009. United States. Congress. Senate > Biography. Legislators > United States > Biography. |
Available copies
- 21 of 21 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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| Akron Carnegie PL - Akron | B KEN (Text) | 75253000039738 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bloomfield Eastern Greene Co PL - Bloomfield Main | 92 KEN (Text) | 36803000903109 | BIOGRAPHY | Available | - |
| Fayette Co PL - Connersville | B KENNEDY (Text) | 39230031134750 | Adult Books | Available | - |
| Garrett PL - Garrett | 973.9209 KEN (Text) | 30010170555919 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hartford City PL - Hartford City | BIOGRAPHY KENNEDY (Text) | 76051000123937 | Adult Non-Fiction/Biography | Available | - |
| Knightstown PL - Knightstown | 921 Ken (Text) | 36334000009445 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| LaGrange Co PL - LaGrange Main Library | B KE (Text) | 30477100519390 | Adult: Biography | Available | - |
| Lowell PL - Lowell | B KENNED (Text) | 33113028149989 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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| New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle | 973.92 KENN (Text) | 39231031798248 | Adult Non-fiction Collection | Available | - |
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| Prologue: The Torch | 1 | ||||
| PART ONE: Family | |||||
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| PART TWO: Brotherhood | |||||
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| PART THREE: On My Own | |||||
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| PART FOUR: Renewal | |||||
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| Acknowledgments | 509 | ||||
| Bibliography | 512 | ||||
| Index | 515 |
