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Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1911-1978 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Juvenile literature Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994 Presidents Presidents United States Biography Presidents United States Biography Juvenile literature United States United States Politics and government 1961-1963 Wallace, George C. (George Corley) 1919-1998Bader, Bonnie
Summary: "Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENSummary: In 1960, a filmmaking group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors intimacy, Primary, Adventures on the New Frontier, and Crisis, and, following the president's assassination, the poetic short Faces of November. Collected here are all four of these titles,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KENKeenan, Sheila
Summary: When he was a young boy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy wondered about what happened in the world. He wanted to change the world when he grew up, and he did just that! --Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE KEEKenney, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F KENOnassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
Summary: Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for the sake of posterity and begin the task of documenting and preserving her husband's legacy. In January of 1964, she and Robert F. Kennedy approved a planned oral-history project that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F & JACQUELINE ONABaldrige, Letitia.
Summary: Letitia Baldrige, social secretary for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, presents photographs and recollections of six memorable occasions at the White House, including a luncheon for Princess Grace, and an alfresco dinner at Mount Vernon; and includes menus and recipes from the entertainments by White House chef René Verdon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642 BALOnassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
Summary: Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for the sake of posterity and begin the task of documenting and preserving her husband's legacy. In January of 1964, she and Robert F. Kennedy approved a planned oral-history project that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. & JACQUELINE ONACorey, Shana
Summary: "Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated artist R. Gregory Christie deliver a fresh look at Kennedy, underscoring the greatness and fallibility of our leaders and how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make adifference. With quotes from JFK's speeches, detailed back matter, and a thought- provoking author's note, this biography offers a sensitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENMatthews, Chris
Summary: Based on interviews with some of his closest associates, a portrait of the thirty-fifth president discusses his privileged childhood, military service, struggles with a life-threatening disease, and career in politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR. MATSummary: This film explores Kennedy's childhood years as the privileged but sickly son of one of the wealthiest men in America, his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made him the youngest elected president in U.S. history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JFKSummary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAKOliphant, Thomas
Summary: "A behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy's wily campaign to the White House, beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956. A young and undistinguished junior plots his way to the presidency and changes the way we nominate and elect presidents. John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 OLIShircore, Ian.
Summary: "John F. Kennedy: the life, the presidency, the assassination examines every key event of J.F.K.'s tenure as President, as well as his hotly debated acts of heroism during World War II, his groundbreaking work in Congress and the Senate and the controversial 1960 election that heralded his supremacy. The book also reveals Kennedy's fascinating private life -- from the turbulent relations within...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andre Deutsch 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. SHISummary: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was different than any other president America had ever seen. His sharp mind, quick wit and boundless determination won him friends, confidantes and devoted followers. As a World War II hero, respected senator, and author of Why England Slept and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage, Kennedy regarded life as a race against boredom. Here, the pivotal moments of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JFKSummary: The 1960s was the decade America transformed from a country of conformity to a land of political, cultural, and social liberation. Looking through the lens of television, this production weaves together the events and personalities that influenced and dominated the 1960s in America, sketching a portrait of this remarkable decade that is both entertaining and illuminating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2015
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIXKudlow, Lawrence.
Summary: John F. Kennedy was the first president since the 1920s to slash tax rates across-the-board. One person who followed JFK's tax-cut growth model was Ronald Reagan. The never before told story is the link between JFK and Ronald Reagan. This is the secret history of American prosperity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 330.9 KUDAbrams, Dan
Summary: Examines the story behind the bizarre trial of Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, live on national television.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 ABRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 345.73 ABRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ABREsposito, Joseph A.
Summary: In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted forty-nine Nobel Prize winners -- along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers -- at a famed White House dinner. Among the guests were J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was officially welcomed back to Washington after a stint in the political wilderness; Linus Pauling, who had picketed the White House that very afternoon;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 ESPMcDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Summary: Chronicles the life of the president who saw America through the Cuban Missile Crisis, established the Peace Corps, and was assassinated during his first term.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENKudlow, Lawrence.
Summary: "The fascinating, suppressed history of how JFK pioneered supply-side economics, "--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339 KUDSummary: From the details of his legendary liaisons to the back-room deals that helped defuse Cold War Crises, JFK: a Presidency Revealed draws from a wealth of source materials and a host of interviews with personal confidentes, administration insiders, and highly-placed sources to present a comprehensive, and revelatory look at America's 35th president. Never-before-heard audiotapes recorded in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JFKKendrick, Stephen
Summary: "A history of the 1960 US presidential election with a focus on the role played by the imprisonment of Martin Luther King Jr. in the wake of an Atlanta sit-in"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.0973 KENSherman, Casey
Summary: "From the authors of the bestselling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the ominous two weeks of the Cold War's terrifying peak, two things saved humanity: the strategic wisdom of John F. Kennedy and the U-2 aerial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018