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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Families Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich 1894-1971 Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994 Presidents United States Biography Presidents' spouses United States Biography United States United States Politics and government 1945-1989 United States Politics and government 1961-1963Talbot, David
Summary: Journalist Talbot sheds a dramatic new light on the tumultuous inner life of the Kennedy presidency and its stunning aftermath. The book begins on the shattering afternoon of November 22, 1963, as a grief-stricken Robert Kennedy urgently demands answers about the assassination of his brother, then shifts back in time, revealing the shadowy conflicts that tore apart the Kennedy administration,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 TALAbrams, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ABRKendrick, 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 KENColeman, David G.
Summary: Describes what was going on in the Oval Office as the highly-charged events leading up the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded, as well as the immediate aftermath, based on secret recordings made by President Kennedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 COLSherman, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 SHECorey, 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 KENLevingston, Steven
Summary: An account of the contentious relationship between the thirty-fifth president and Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout the tumultuous early years of the civil rights movement explores their influence on one another and the important decisions that were inspired by their rivalry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 LEVHastings, Max
Summary: "In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most terrifying events of the mid-twentieth century--the thirteen days in October 1962 when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. Hastings looks at the conflict with fresh eyes, focusing on the people at the heart of the crisis--America President John F. Kennedy, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9106 HASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 972.9106 HASOliphant, 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 OLIStorey, Kate
Summary: Drawing from conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, and household and security staff, this multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on the nation's politics and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STOKenney, 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 KENEsposito, 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 ESPBrinkley, Alan.
Summary: Analyzes the contrast between Kennedy's achievements and his legend, tracing the successes and failures of such events as the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis while exploring the ways in which he reshaped views of the presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F BRIMatthews, Christopher
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 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR. MATMatthews, Christopher
Summary: Based on interviews with some of his closest associates, a portrait of the fifty-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: Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR. MATBader, 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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Summary: January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation's future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power — a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B EISENHOWERSchlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier)
Summary: An account of John F. Kennedy's campaign, election, and days as President.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F SCHRasenberger, Jim.
Summary: A recounting of the Bay of Pigs Crisis drawing upon the author's father's connection to the events as they played out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.91 RASUpdegrove, Mark K.
Summary: "Acclaimed presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation, offers an illuminating account of John F. Kennedy's brief but transformative tenure in the White House"-- Nearly sixty years after his death, JFK still holds an outsize place in the American imagination. Updegrove offers an illuminating account of John F. Kennedy's brief but transformative tenure in the White...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F., UPDLogevall, Fredrik
Summary: "By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming American nation he had steered through some of the most perilous diplomatic standoffs of the Cold War era. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had ascended the ranks of Boston's labyrinthine political machine, Kennedy was bred for government,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. LOGMcDonough, 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 KENAndersen, Christopher P.
Summary: An account of Jack and Jackie Kennedy's final year together reveals details of their complex marriage, including rumored infidelities, the president's hidden medical problems, and the tragic death of their infant son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F ANDKlein, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1996