Books 1 - 50 |
1960 - LBJ vs JFK vs
Nixon |
|
David Pietrusza
2008 |
The epic 1960
campaign that forged three Presidencies!
Three future Presidents, one history-making election, and a thousand
secrets revealed for the first time. |
A John F.Kennedy
Memorial |
|
Macfadden-Bartell
Corporation
1964 |
In this small
book, written in 1964, JFK is vividly portrayed, in text and photographs,
as a boy and a man, a leader, a husband and a father. Here - eloquently,
unforgettable- is the story of a man who in 1964 was already a legend. |
A Nation of
Immigrants |
|
John F.Kennedy
1964 |
From the
Introduction by Robert F.Kennedy :
"In this book, President Kennedy tells us what immigrants have done for
America, and what America has done for its immigrants. It is one of the
dramatic success stories of world history. This book can stand as a
testament to a cause President Kennedy cherished, and which we should
carry on". |
A Picture Book of
John F.Kennedy |
|
Adler David D.
1991 |
Book for
children. Adler presents a brief, clearly written text that provides basic
information about his subject in an appealing format. He mentions that
Kennedy was not a good student during his early school days and that as
young senator, women came to the Senate just to watch him. The narrative
concentrates on Kennedy's achievements and is free of fictionalization.
Casilla's watercolors are full-color copies of famous photographs.
|
A Tribute to John
F.Kennedy |
Paperback
Hardcover |
edited by Salinger Pierre
1964 |
This was the nationwide bestseller that
helped America move beyond grief -to infinite pride. "A Tribute to JFK"
was the first published collection of tributes paid to the memory of the
late President in the emotion-filled days following the assassination. The
editors' selections include tributes from newspapers and magazines, radio
and television broadcasts, distinguished U.S. citizens and foreign
leaders, and from letters written to the Kennedy family. |
Alla corte di Re
Artù |
|
Chomsky Noam
1993. |
Italian
version of the book "Rethinking Camelot".
This book deals with a crucial moment of modern history, the escalation of
the US war in Vietnam from state terror to aggression from 1961 through
1964, setting the stage for the far more destructive assault that
followed.
Chomsky demolishes the myth of Kennedy era as a magic period of American
history. |
America The Beautiful
in the words of John F.Kennedy |
|
Kennedy John F.
1964 |
Published by
the Country Beautiful foundation in 1964 it is filled with numerous b&w
and colour photos.
Included are a Preface by Lyndon Johnson and an introduction by Stewart
Udall. The Words of John F. Kennedy include: Man and the Land / Man and
the Arts / Man and His Dignity / and the Epilogue.
There is a eulogy by Richard Cardinal Cushing, and the book closes with
"The Undying Spirit" by Allen Nevins.
|
An unfinished life |
|
Dallek Robert
2003 |
"An unfinished
life" is the first authorative single-volume life of John F.Kennedy to be
written in nearly four dedades. Drawing upon firsthand sources, freshly
unearthed documents and never-before-opened archives, prizewinning
historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy,
forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his
legacy. |
Ask Not
[Il discorso di John
Kennedy che cambio' l'America] |
|
Clarke Thurston
2006 |
Italian
version.
A close-up on JFK's magical inaugural week and the creation of the speech
that inspired a generation : "Ask not what your country can do for you-
ask what you can do for your country".
Thurston Clarke has created a beautifully detailed rendering of the
Kennedy's inauguration : this book takes us in the lives of the man, his
family and his advisers as they prepare for power at the dawn of an era
they would make their own. At the heart of the story is Kennedy's quest to
create an address that would distil American dreams, ensure his place in
history and inspire a new generation.
It includes a DVD with Kennedy's Inaugural speech.
|
Ask what you can do
for your country |
|
Fleming Dan B. Jr
2002 |
Author Dan
Fleming has interviewed people from across the nation and around the world
to create this all new collection of vignettes dealing with people's
immediate reaction to JFK's assassination, their memories of JFK, as well
as his significance to their lives. |
Averting The Final Failure
[John F.Kennedy and the
Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings] |
|
Stern Sheldon M.
2003 |
The Cuban
missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and
the most perilous moment in human history.
Sheldon M.Stern, longtime historian at the John F.Kennedy Library, here
presents a comprehensive narrative account of the secret ExComm meetings,
making the inside story of the missile crisis completely understandable to
general readers for the first time. |
Battling Wall Street
- The Kennedy Presidency |
|
Gibson Donald
1994 |
In this
intriguing and penetrating analysis, Don Gibson looks at Kennedy's own
speeches, writings and actions, and contrasts them with those of his
enemies - the Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, and the corporate and
banking magnates themselves who truly despised the President. Gibson makes
a compelling case that President Kennedy was always on the side of social
progress. |
Bay of Pigs
declassified |
|
Kornbluh Peter
1998 |
Finally
available to the public, th report of the Central Intelligence Agency's
own internal investigation of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
Includes : -the full text of the Inspector General's report; - Richard
Bissel's defense of the CIA; - Biographies of key participants; -a
complete chronology. |
C'etait...l'Amerique de Kennedy
[En 1963, le
reve se brisait] |
|
"Paris Match" - "L'Histoire"
2013 |
In French.
On 22
November, America will make a tribute to the former President John F.
Kennedy.
November 22, 1963, he was assassinated in Dallas : a death that still
remains mysterious.
The magazine "L'Histoire" is associated with "Paris-Match" to edit a
special edition of 112 pages which evokes the man Kennedy and changes in
USA it has imposed.
The President continues to fascinate 50 years later. This special issue
discusses some secrets surrounding JFK as his family life, sexuality and
its links with the mafia.
It also reviews the major events, such as nuclear war between the USSR and
the USA that was grazed in 1962 or the promise he made to his fellow
citizens to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade of the 60's.
This special edition is illustrated with beautiful pictures from the image
archive of Paris Match. |
Collision with History
[The search for
John F.Kennedy's PT 109] |
|
Ballard Robert D.
2002 |
Highlighted by 80 illustrations, both
historical and modern, as well as such documents as JFK's own letters from
the Pacific war zone to his family and the eyewitness accounts of men who
fought alongside him aboard the dashing but dangerous 'Mosquito Boats',
"Collision with History" is at once an exciting account of war and
survival at sea, a behind-the-scenes look at cutting-edge undersea
research, and a fascinating portrait of a remote corner of our planet
still haunted by the ghosts of the greatest conflict the world has ever
seen. |
Come si fa il
Presidente |
|
White Theodore H.
1962 |
Italian version of the famous book "The
Making of the President 1960" by Theodore H.White.
More than a year before the election of John
F.Kennedy, Theodore H.White began to explore the secret planning and
private aspirations of seven men, each of whom, in his own way, found his
dreams tormented by the power that might be his in the White House. By
spring, Mr White had begun to follow the open candidates as they plodded
through the snows and early jousting of the primaries. Continuing through
the conventions, the campaigns and the final drama of election night, he
fashioned a work of contemporary history that highlights the decisions,
the acts, the accidents, that created an American President, and also the
cold political realities of a country upon whose decision the world of
freedom waited. |
Con Kennedy |
|
Salinger Pierre
1967 |
Pierre Salinger, press secretary and
confidant to the President, provides an insightful of John F.Kennedy
presidency. A great book (in Italian). |
Conversations with
Kennedy |
|
Bradlee Benjamin C.
1975 |
Ben Bradlee first
came to know John Kennedy well when they were Washington neighbors in
1958. They remained good friends and off-the-record confidants until
President Kennedy's death. They also had a more professional relationship
governed by Bradlee's job covering the capital for Newsweek. With
Kennedy's knowledge, Bradlee kept notes of their intimate conversations.
These records are the basis for this behind-the-scenes record of the human
side of JFK presidency. |
Countdown 1960 |
|
Wallace Chris
2024 |
The riveting new book on
the momentous year, campaign, and election that shaped American history
It’s January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy
declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers
readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles
in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense
machinations of the national conventions—where JFK chose Lyndon Johnson as
his running mate over the impassioned objections of his brother Bobby—this
is a nonfiction political thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action,
and fresh reporting. Like with many popular histories, readers may be
familiar with the story, but few will know the behind-the-scenes details,
told here with gripping effect.
The election of 1960 holds stunning parallels to our current political
climate. There were—potentially valid—claims of voter fraud and a stolen
election. There was also a presidential candidate faced with the decision
of whether to contest the result or honor the peaceful transfer of power. |
Crisis : Behind a
Presidential Commitment |
|
Drew Robert
DVD |
"CRISIS : behind a Presidential commitment"
is the first and only film ever shot candidly of a President making
decisions during a crisis. It came about after President Kennedy screened
Robert Drew's film "PRIMARY" and asked Drew what he wanted to do next.
"Make a film on a President in crisis" Drew said. Three years later, Drew
was doing just that.
CRISIS is the most intimate and engaging film of John and Bobby Kennedy
ever made, when in June 1963 they faced one of the gravest racial
confrontations of the 20th century . |
Death of a
Generation |
|
Jones Howard
2003 |
When John F.Kennedy was shot, millions were
left to wonder how America and the world would have been different had he
lived to fulfill the enormous promise of his presidency. Now, based on
convincing new evidence -including a startling revelation about the
Kennedy administration's involvement in the assassination of Premier Diem
- Howard Jones argues that Kennedy intended to withdraw the great bulk of
American soldiers and pursue a diplomatic solution to the crisis in
Vietnam. |
Ho amato JFK |
|
Alford Mimi
2012 |
Italian version.
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived in
Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office.
After just three days on the job, the privileged but sheltered young woman
was presented to the President himself. Almost immediately, the two began
an affair that would continue for the next eighteen months. Emotionally
unprepared to counter the President’s charisma and power, Mimi was also
ill-equipped to handle the feelings of isolation that would follow as she
fell into the double life of a college student who was also the secret
lover of the most powerful man in the world. After the President’s
assassination in Dallas, she grieved alone, locked her secret away, and
tried to start a new life, only to be blindsided by her past.
Now, no longer defined by silence or shame, Mimi Alford finally unburdens
herself with this unflinchingly honest account of her life and her
extremely private moments with a very public man. This paperback edition
includes a special Q&A, in which the author reflects on the intense media
attention surrounding the book’s initial release. Once Upon a Secret is a
moving story of a woman emerging from the shadows to reclaim the truth. |
Hyannis Port and
the Presidency of John F.Kennedy |
|
DVD
2008 |
Hyannis Port was a special
place for John F.Kennedy - the place he considered home and with his
election to the presidency in 1960 it became the Summer White House.
It was an exciting time for America, a time of new beginnings and Hyannis
Port found itself front and center on the world stage.
Commissioned by the John F.Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation, this
documentary waves together rarely seen film with interviews from people
who were there during that special time. The museum looks at the life and
times of President Kennedy and his family on Cape Cod.
It is located at 397 Main Street in Hyannis,MA and is open year round
except January and February. |
I grandi discorsi
: "La Nuova Frontiera" |
|
John F.Kennedy
1997 |
Italian translation of
four of the most important speeches of JFK : - his Program to the Congress
(1960) ; -Announce of Alliance for Progress (1961) - Naval block of Cuba
(1962) - Speech at Berlin (1963). |
I mille giorni di
John F.Kennedy |
|
Schlesinger Arthur M.
1965 |
Italian translation of the famous
book "A Thousand Days : JFK in the White House".
As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesinger witnessed
firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced the now legendary
Kennedy administration.
Schlesinger close relationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend,
has resulted in this authoritative yet intimate account. |
"Ich Bin Ein
Berliner" - Berlino - 26 Giugno 1963 |
|
DVD |
Italian DVD.
The famous speech done on June 26,1963 from J.F.Kennedy during his visit
at West Berlin, when he said "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" ("I am a Berlin
citizen"). |
"I'll come back in the
springtime"
[JFK and the Irish] |
|
Hennessy MauriceD.
1967 |
This
book not only emphasizes his Irish background, his love of Ireland and his
association with its people, but also throws some light on how and why he
differed from the familiar Irish-American political figure of an earlier
day.
The wave of emotion that grew through four summer days in Ireland in 1963
reached its climax as the President boarded the plane for his return to
the United States. He said "I certainly will come back in the springtime".
and the fact that he did not live enough to carry out his promise gave the
words special poignancy for the Irish. |
Il Presidente |
|
Bisiach Gianni
1993 |
The most famous Italian
biography of President Kennedy, from journalist Gianni Bisiach. |
Il Presidente
[La
vita e la leggenda di JFK a cinquant'anni dall'assassinio] |
|
Bisiach Gianni
2013 |
The most famous Italian
biography of President Kennedy, from journalist Gianni Bisiach.
Revised edition in the 50th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination. |
J.F.
Kennedy - A list of chronological references |
|
Library of Congress
1964 |
Soon
after November 22,1963, the Library of Congress began to receive requests
for a bibliography of the late President Kennedy. It was decided that the
Library ought to respond to them and in this booklet they have listed all
the books and pamphlets by or about John F.Kennedy that they could
identify. A total of 557 items is listed in this bibliography.
A special thanks to Diane who gave me this rare booklet. |
Jack : A Life
Like No Other |
|
Perret Geoffrey
2001 |
Geoffrey Perret's Jack
is both the first comprehensive one-volume biography of JFK and the first
account of his life based on the extensive and important documentary
record that has finally become available, including Kennedy's personal
diaries, hundred of hours of taped conversations from the White House,
recently declassified government documents, extensive family
correspondance, and crucial interviews sealed for nearly 40 yrs. |
Jack - The ealy
years of John F.Kennedy |
|
Cooper Ilene
2003 |
Before he became the
thirty-fifth President of the United States, John F.Kennedy was a boy
called Jack.
Drawing on family letters, anecdotes, recollections, and biography, Ilene
Cooper has written a riveting account of John F.Kennedy's early years from
birth to prep school graduation, all set against the colorful background
of the Kennedy family and their wildly successful pursuit of the American
dream. |
Jack and Lem
[JFK and Lem Billings- The untlod story of an extraordinary friendship] |
|
Pitts David
2007 |
Tough much has been
published abouty the life and death of John "Jack" Kennedy, little is
known about his enduring friendship with Kirk LeMoyne Billings, known by
almost everyone as Lem. From the time they met at Choate School for Boys
in 1933 until the gunfire in Dallas thirty years later, Jack and Lem
remained best friends.
The evidence indicates Jack found out that Lem was gay not long after they
met. Despite his own heterosexuality, however, Jack didn't reject Lem. On
the contrary, the friendship flourished. |
Jack Kennedy : Elusive Hero |
|
Matthews Chris
2011 |
"What was he like?". Jack
Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic
question.
With the verve of a novelist, Chris Matthews gives us just that. 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 selfness 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.
The Jack Kennedy you discover here wanted never to be alone, never to be
bored. He loved courage, hated war, lived each day as if it were his last. |
Jack Kennedy : The Illustrated Life of a President
[featuring intimate photos, personal memorabilia and history-making
documents] |
|
Wills Chuck
2009 |
AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT of
KENNEDY'S LIFE and ENDURING LEGACY.
From JFK's chilhood years as part of the competitive Kennedy clan to his
illustrious thousand days in the White House, "Jack Kennedy: the
Illustrated Life of a President" follows the complete story of
America's historic serviceman, father and President. More than twenty
removable pieces of ephemera - such as diary he kept while abroad, a
handwritten draft of his Inaugural Address, and doodles from a meeting
abou the Bay of Pigs - are enclosed in vellum envelopes throughout the
book.
Illustrated with unique and compelling photographs and accompanied by a CD
with excerpts from the president's most influencial speeches and
interviews, this book is an unprecedented historical tribute to the man
who changed the face of the nation. |
JFK - 100th
Anniversary |
|
Amazon
2017 |
Brief
biography (34 pages) prepared by Amazon for the 100th Anniversary of John
F.Kennedy's birth:
May 29, 1917 - May 29th, 2017 |
JFK :
A Complete Biography 1917-1963 |
|
Carr William H.A.
1963 |
This is
the first book written after the assassination with the biography of
President Kennedy telling the whole story - from his immigrant Boston
ancestors through his three years in the world's most demanding political
office to his tragic death and its dramatic consequences. |
JFK :
A Photographic Memoir |
|
Friedlander Lee
2013 |
The
public outpouring of support for newly elected President John F. Kennedy
in 1960 was only exceeded in scope and magnitude by the manifestations of
grief and mourning after his assassination in 1963. These responses had an
unusually strong visual component: likenesses of the president were framed
in shop windows, pinned to living room walls, and plastered in public
spaces across the nation. Fifty years after Kennedy's death, this book
observes the public's reaction to the president's election and
assassination, featuring many photographs published here for the first
time. In his travels throughout America during this period, Lee
Friedlander (b. 1934) encountered these responses and photographed what he
witnessed. From Washington, D.C., to Buffalo to Minneapolis to Los
Angeles, Friedlander has captured a moment in American history that
galvanized the nation and continues to resonate today. |
JFK : Reckless
Youth |
|
Hamilton Nigel
1992 |
"JFK: Reckless Youth" is
the first volume of a monumental new biography of John F.Kennedy - a book
that will astonish, entertain, and inform all those interested in the life
of America's thirty-fifth president. |
JFK : Remembering
Jack |
|
Loviny Christophe & Touze Vincent
2003 |
"JFK: Remembering
Jack" is
a visual and audio portrait commemorating one of America's
most beloved leaders. More than 80 photographs, many of which have been
rarely-if-ever-published , give a moving and intimate behind-the-scenes
look at the life and times of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the man and the
politician. This extraordinary volume includes an hour-long audio CD
featuring some of Kennedy's greatest speeches. |
JFK : The Making
of Modern Politics |
|
Marr Andrew (BBC)
DVD
2010 |
On both sides of the
Atlantic, John F Kennedy continues to be invoked by today's politicians in
the hope that some of his magic might rub off on them. But, 50 years since
Kennedy's election, Andrew Marr asks whether JFK's legacy has tarnished
politics ever since.
Andrew examines in detail exactly what Kennedy stood for, and how the
candidate got that message across. He goes in search of the substance that
has long been obscured by the fascination with the Kennedy style.
He also examines how Kennedy embodied the hopes of a nation, and asks
whether modern politics demands inspirational leaders rather than
politicians bogged down in the details. Kennedy's soaring rhetoric set a
high standard that people today yearn for politicians to reach.
THANKS to my friend Trevor Babbs, who sent me this video for
my Kennedy Collection. |
JFK : Una vita
incompiuta |
|
Dallek Robert
2004 |
Italian translation of "An Unfinished
life", one of the best biographies of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. |
JFK : Une
Jeunesse Insouciante |
|
Hamilton Nigel
1992 |
French translation of "JFK: Reckless Youth". |
JFK and LBJ |
|
Wicker Tom
1968 |
The
theme that personality and circumstance dominate political life- that
government consists primarily of "not measures, but men"- is the setting
for Tom Wicker's compelling account of the presidencies of two of the last
century's most astute politicians : JFK and LBJ. |
JFK & LBJ |
|
Murphy Derrick
2004 |
An
exam-focused study of the three main issues about JFK & LBJ, designed
specifically for today's AS and A-level students. The three issues, which
come up time and time again in the exams, are :
- Who was more effective in domestic reform?
- Who did more for black civil rights?
- Who was more responsible or US involvement in Vietnam? |
JFK and Vietnam |
|
Newman John M.
1992 |
Did
John F.Kennedy oppose-or promote- American intervention in Vietnam? What
course did he pursue and why did he hide it from the public? What really
happened on the battlefield and why did senior officials hide the facts
from him?
In what may well be the most shocking and historically important work on
the Vietnam War ever written, "JFK and VIETNAM" answers these questions
and lifts the veil surrounding the struggle over intervention in the
pivotal Kennedy years. |
JFK Day by Day
[A
Chronicle of the 1,086 Days of John F.Kennedy's Presidecy] |
|
Golway Terry and Krantz Les
2010 |
He was
the most beloved president of modern times, with an approval rating as
high as 83 percent. Yet few of us fully understand the presidency of John
F.Kennedy.
Supporters hail him for the vision, vigor and compassion that he brought
to the White House. They yearn for the "next John Kennedy" - as if he is
the standard to which all presidents should aspire. Others mock his
presidency, claiming he offered more flash than substance and that he
accomplished little during his 34 months in office.
What is the truth?
"JFK Day by Day" brings us closer to that answer. The running timeline
inside recounts the highlights of each of his 1,086 days in office. Longer
stories detail and analyze the most important issues, events and decisions
of his presidency - from inauguration to assassination. And other features
cover events from his family life during his term. Hundreds of select
images from the John F.Kennedy Presidential Library complement this visual
chronology of his days in office. |
JFK Films |
|
AA.VV.
DVD |
The
Film Legacy of John F.Kennedy's Presidential Reign.
96 mins of Camelot in one DVD. |
JFK for a New
Generation |
|
Hunt Conover
1996 |
Conover Hunt dedicates
this book to people born after 1960 who not remember
John Fitzgerald Kennedy. But in this volume Hunt provides valuable
insights for readers of ALL ages into the origins of one of the nation's
most powerful myths, the nature and chronology of the debate about
Kennedy's accomplishments, and the birth of the controversy over his
assassination in 1963. |
JFK in Ireland |
|
Tubridy Ryan
2010 |
The idolised, handsome and
glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy, great-grandson of Irish immigrants, was
the first and only Irish-Catholic American to be elected President of the
United States.
In this fully illustrated book, complete with never-seen-before
photographs and stories, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy
tells the story of JFK's memorable four-day trip to his homeland in June
1963, five months before he was tragically assassinated.
This book has been a gift from my Irish
collegue Maureen O'Shea. THANKS Maureen! |