1965 kennedy biography author

Theodore Sorensen&#;s “Kennedy” was published in , little more than a year after JFK&#;s assassination. Sorensen served as chief legislative aide to Senator Kennedy and as Special Counsel, adviser and speechwriter to President Kennedy.

He also reportedly wrote or edited much of JFK&#;s Pulitzer Prize-winning &#;Profiles in Courage.&#; Sorensen died in at the age of

Sorensen&#;s page biography of Kennedy is nontraditional in many ways: by virtue of its extraordinary proximity to both its subject and the times, for its strictly thematic coverage and for its commitment to revealing the inner workings of a presidency at the expense of broader context and character development.

The unique access Sorensen provides readers is undoubtedly the book&#;s best attribute&#;as well as its most significant shortcoming.

During most of its twenty-five chapters, the reader is treated to a fascinating &#;fly on the wall&#; account of the Kenne