Jack Kennedy

Jack Kennedy states that the reason people read biographies is to find out the answer to the question, "What makes a great man?" In his biography of President John F. Kennedy, Chris Matthews shows us how. We see JFK with his friends, having fun and exuding restlessness. We follow him as an adolescent in privileged but rebellious times, as he progresses to fearless U. S. president, to wartime hero and then leader who prevented nuclear war. Matthews has uncovered new information on JFK’s time at Choate and Harvard, and delves into previously unexamined aspects of JFK's early life: his struggle with physical fitness, his wartime heroics, the little-known facts about his relationship with Jackie Bouvier. What was JFK like? A man whose wife referred to him as elusive and unforgettable? The Jack Kennedy you discover here wanted never to be alone or bored; he loved courage and hated war; he lived each day as if it were his last.