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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973.922092 EAN: 9780205603459 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0205603459 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: October 31, 2008 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Related Items:
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In this biography, David Burner explores the controversies, successes, and failures in the life and presidency of John F. Kennedy--and how he shaped the modern American consciousness. Burner discusses John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) as both an individual and a leader, allowing the reader to examine the changes that took place in the American political and social systems as reflected in the hopeful days of Kennedy's “Camelot.” Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Good thing in a small packageIt is interesting to me that a short book such as this illuminates as much about the Kennedy administration than many thicker books for popular reading. A main difference is that the more popular readings focus on sensational stories and some try to make unsupported connections between some aspect of the political figure's personal development and that person's decisions while in office. This short political biography ignores the bed sheet and fashion stories that dominate so many other ... Read More Rating:  - The Journal of a College FreshmanBurner wrote this biography upon previous works written about Kennedy. He admires Kennedy a lot because he doesn't really give any shortcomings that came about while Kennedy was President. Burners does give a clear picture about the events taking place in the book. 
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