John F. Kennedy: Life In Pictures, A

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Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his assassination in Dallas on 22nd November 1963, this is a celebration in photographs of the life of John F. Kennedy (1917-63), the 35th president of the United States. A collection of photographs, many previously unpublished, together with campaign memorabilia and personal notes, tell the behind-the-scenes story of the youngest man to be elected president. It Illustrates the glamour and success of his life from childhood and student days to congress, fatherhood and the presidency, revealing the tragedy of his untimely death. It also offers a unique insight into the family man, as well as the world leader who held firm when the country trembled on the brink of nuclear war and whose economic programs launched America on its longest sustained expansion since World War I.