| A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House: A Pulitzer Prize Winner Contributor(s): Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618219277 ISBN-13: 9780618219278 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesinger witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced the now legendary Kennedy administration. Schlesinger's close relationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, has resulted in this authoritative yet intimate account in which the president "walks through the pages, from first to last, alert, alive, amused and amusing" (John Kenneth Galbraith). A THOUSAND DAYS is "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work of major historical significance" (New York Times). |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002032296 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.90 lbs) 1120 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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Contributor Bio(s): Schlesinger, Arthur M.: - ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR., the author of sixteen books, was a renowned historian and social critic. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. He was also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979). In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal. |