John and Caroline

They were the youngest children to live in the White House in over a century - Caroline just three and John Jr. a newborn when their father took the oath of office. Symbolising the youthful vigour of the new administration, they won the hearts of the American people as they romped around - and under - their father's desk in the Oval Office. And when, three years later, Caroline kissed JFK's coffin and John Jr. saluted the passing bier, they were forever etched into the nation's collective heart. In this book, James Spada gathers the rarest and most telling photographs of these remarkable siblings as they grew up in the public spotlight, protected fiercely by their mother and yet never far from the camera's eye. As with his previous books, Jackie and Ronald Reagan, Spada includes 255 photographs (150 never-before-published) and tells John and Caroline's life story in extended anecdotal captions.