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In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy’s inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history.
A thousand days : John F. Kennedy in the White House. Prologue : January 1961 -- The road to the nomination -- Triumph in Los Angeles -- Campaign for the presidency -- Kennedy on the eve -- Gathering of the forces...
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House is a nonfiction book by American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., about the United States presidency of John F. Kennedy (1961–1963).
Written by an insider with a unique window into events, “A Thousand Days” is widely considered an invaluable, if selective, review of the three-year Kennedy presidency. Weighing in at a hefty 1,031 pages, this tome is part autobiography, part biography, and part interpretive history.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. Hardcover – Import, January 1, 1965. by Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger (Author) 4.6 402 ratings. See all formats and editions. National Book Award Winner, 1966. Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1966.
A thousand days : John F. Kennedy in the White House. "The Special Assistant to President Kennedy describes the historic events in which John F. Kennedy participated during his three years in the White House." --.
“A Thousand Days” is Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s account of what he saw in the Kennedy White House. On inauguration Day, January 20, 1961 “IT ALL BEGAN in the cold.” It then flashes back to the long road to the nomination, beginning with the unsuccessful attempt to secure the vice-presidential nomination in 1956.
In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy's inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history.
Written by an insider with a unique window into events, “A Thousand Days” is widely considered an invaluable, if selective, review of the three-year Kennedy presidency. Weighing in at a hefty 1,031 pages, this tome is part autobiography, part biography, and part interpretive history.
Written by one of our foremost historians and published in 1965, A Thousand Days is still considered the most complete and definitive portrait of John F. Kennedy and his administration.