True Compass
A Memoir
Published on 3. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-349-12349-3 (ISBN)
Description
A landmark autobiography and the definite account from a member of America's most heralded family.
As a young man, Edward M. Kennedy played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother, John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he was elected to the US Senate, where he learned how to become an effective legislator. His life was marked by tragedy and perseverance: he writes movingly of his brothers and his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths; his marriage to Victoria, the woman who changed his life; and his role in the major events of our time from civil rights, Vietnam and Watergate to the quest for peace in Northern Ireland.
As a young man, Edward M. Kennedy played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother, John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he was elected to the US Senate, where he learned how to become an effective legislator. His life was marked by tragedy and perseverance: he writes movingly of his brothers and his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths; his marriage to Victoria, the woman who changed his life; and his role in the major events of our time from civil rights, Vietnam and Watergate to the quest for peace in Northern Ireland.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Section: 40, colour photos
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-349-12349-3 (9780349123493)
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Additional editions
Previous edition
Book
09/2009
Little, Brown
€36.08
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Person
Edward M. Kennedy represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate for 47 years. In 2004, he began interviews at the Miller Center of the University of Virginia for an oral history project about his life. He died in 2009.