{"product_id":"jack-kennedy-elusive-hero-paperback","title":"Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Matthews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Filled with the vitality and spirit that made Jack Kennedy such a magical figure. Chris Matthews shows the cunning and determination beneath that magic. It's an awesome and delightful book.\" --Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs\"What was he like?\" Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. What was he like, this man whose own wife called him \"that elusive, unforgettable man?\" In this New York Times bestselling biography, Chris Matthews answers that question with the verve of a novelist. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war. Matthews's extraordinary biography is based on personal interviews with those closest to JFK, oral histories by top political aide Kenneth O'Donnell and others, documents from his years as a student at Choate, and notes from Jacqueline Kennedy's first interview after Dallas. As Matthews writes: \"I found a fighting prince never free of pain, never far from trouble, never accepting the world he found, never wanting to be his father's son. He was a far greater hero than he ever wished us to know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Matthews is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eBobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Jack Kennedy--Elusive Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTip and the Gipper--When Politics Worked\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kennedy and Nixon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHardball. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the former host of MSNBC's \u003ci\u003eHardball with Chris Matthews\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756085731661,"sku":"9781451635096","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/jzHGVSPpjB9781451635096.webp?v=1776722092","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/jack-kennedy-elusive-hero-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}