The Kennedy Obsession
Download or Read eBook The Kennedy Obsession PDF written by John Hellmann and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : John Hellmann |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 1999-03-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0231515375 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780231515375 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Kennedy Obsession by : John Hellmann
Book excerpt: John F. Kennedy was not only a president, but also a symbol for America's most cherished ideas. In The Kennedy Obsession, John Hellmann takes a thoroughly original approach to understanding Kennedy's star power and his carefully crafted public image. Tracing Kennedy's self-creation as diligent scholar, bashful hero, and sensitive rebel-cued by cultural figures such as Lord Byron, Ernest Hemingway, and Cary Grant-and the images of Kennedy in the aftermath of his assassination, Hellmann reveals the painstaking transformation of private life into public persona, of a man into perhaps the major American myth of our time.
