Barbara Leaming
Jack Kennedy
The Education of a Statesman
"An absorbing and enjoyable book."—New York Times Book Review
Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture—in particular, the ideas of Winston Churchill—on America's thirty-fifth president. For the first time we trace the friendships and forces that led to the White House and shaped Kennedy's actions there. In this intimate portrait of a leader torn between politics and principle, we finally come to know the man Kennedy wanted to be and to understand his long, private struggle to become that man. 24 pages of photographs.
"Leaming's narrative soars....Masterful....An intellectual biography of JFK that not only furthers our understanding of the forces shaping his character but also manages to be lively and suspenseful."—Washington Post Book World
"History improves on itself! I never thought I'd want to read a book about JFK again....But now comes Barbara Leaming....[Jack Kennedy] reads like a high-society thriller."—Liz Smith, New York Post
Author of the critically acclaimed Orson Welles and the New York Times bestseller Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Leaming has also written for Vanity Fair and the New York Times Magazine.
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