http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xxi, 568 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy--one of America's most consequential and enigmatic presidents--J. Randy Taraborrelli delivers a deeply researched and authoritative biography. More than the story of a presidency, this is an intimate study of a man whose public triumphs were shaped--and at times overshadowed--by the complex realities of his private life, from his legendary family to his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy. Drawing from hundreds of interviews conducted over twenty-five years--as well as candid, first-hand oral histories from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library, rare internal reports from the Secret Service, detailed files from the National Archives, and intelligence documents from both the CIA and FBI. This is JFK as never before captured by history: brilliant yet fallible, revered yet human--a figure whose legacy continues to shape America and the world. -- adapted from jacket
Introduction: Character is destiny -- Prologue: The secret place -- Book I: Before the Presidency. Ties that bind -- Prelude to Camelot -- First love : Inga -- Miss Bouvier -- Destiny -- Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy -- Joe -- These ties that bind -- The life we choose -- Scorched earth -- Ever moving forward -- A father's deception -- The climb up -- JFK for President -- Book II: The Presidency. Mr. President --Commander in Chief -- All that glitters -- His sexual waywardness -- The other side of Camelot -- "Cuba, Cuba, Cuba" -- Life changes -- Patrick -- Vietnam . . . and beyond -- Ticking clock -- The unfinished life.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-548) and index.