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JFK's Ghost: Kennedy, Sorensen and the Making of Profiles in Courage

David R. Stokes

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"Politics and truth only occasionally intersect, and David Stokesskillfully pulls the covers back on when Jack Kennedy's image failed tocoincide with a more modest reality." - David Pietrusza, author of 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies"I'd rather win a Pulitzer Prize than be President of the United States," John F. Kennedy confided to author Margaret Coit shortly after his election to the Senate in 1953. Kennedy got his wish four years later, when his book Profiles in Courage was awarded the Pulitzer for biography—even though it wasn't among the finalists for the prize. Furthermore, the role of Ted Sorensen in drafting the main chapters in the book was never acknowledged by Kennedy's inner circle, and Kennedy himself was hyper-sensitive until his dying day about rumors that cast doubt on his ownership of Profiles in Courage. Still, Jack Kennedy the writer is part of the Kennedy narrative that helped propel his political career. And he did indeed work for a time as a journalist, and brought a measures of erudition, wit, and charm to his speeches. But if the rumors surrounding authorship of Profiles in Courage were proven to be true prior to his ascendance to the Presidency, there might have been no brief and shining moment in America called Camelot.

Language: English

Pages: 389

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: June 01, 2021

JFK's Ghost: Kennedy, Sorensen and the Making of Profiles in Courage

David R. Stokes

0/5 ( ratings)

"Politics and truth only occasionally intersect, and David Stokesskillfully pulls the covers back on when Jack Kennedy's image failed tocoincide with a more modest reality." - David Pietrusza, author of 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies"I'd rather win a Pulitzer Prize than be President of the United States," John F. Kennedy confided to author Margaret Coit shortly after his election to the Senate in 1953. Kennedy got his wish four years later, when his book Profiles in Courage was awarded the Pulitzer for biography—even though it wasn't among the finalists for the prize. Furthermore, the role of Ted Sorensen in drafting the main chapters in the book was never acknowledged by Kennedy's inner circle, and Kennedy himself was hyper-sensitive until his dying day about rumors that cast doubt on his ownership of Profiles in Courage. Still, Jack Kennedy the writer is part of the Kennedy narrative that helped propel his political career. And he did indeed work for a time as a journalist, and brought a measures of erudition, wit, and charm to his speeches. But if the rumors surrounding authorship of Profiles in Courage were proven to be true prior to his ascendance to the Presidency, there might have been no brief and shining moment in America called Camelot.

Language: English

Pages: 389

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: June 01, 2021

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