NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #63 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
I'm going to do some specific presidential biographies this week, and thought I'd start with some of the best books on JFK and the Kennedys, some of which are rare and out of print, but thanks to the magic of the internet all are available at @strandbookstore:
A caveat: My reading on JFK has focused around his foreign policy & assassination, so I've not read two more personal biographies of him: Doris Kearns Goodwin's FITZGERALDS AND THE KENNEDYS strandbooks.com/product/978067… and Sally Bedell Smith's GRACE AND POWER. strandbooks.com/product/978034…
1) Two close Kennedy associates wrote sweeping biographies of their one-time boss: KENNEDY by Ted Sorensen, strandbooks.com/product/978119… and A THOUSAND DAYS by Arthur Schlesinger: strandbooks.com/product/290001…
2) Two other associates wrote more intimate versions: Ben Bradlee's CONVERSATIONS WITH KENNEDY strandbooks.com/product/978039… Kenny O'Donnell's JOHNNY WE HARDLY KNEW YE strandbooks.com/product/978031…
3) Richard Reeves' PRESIDENT KENNEDY: PROFILE OF POWER is excellent and more of a historian's biography: strandbooks.com/product/978067…
4) Longtime political writing legend Adam Clymer authored the definitive biography of Ted Kennedy, simply EDWARD M. KENNEDY: strandbooks.com/product/978068…
5) And Evan Thomas wrote a great biography of Bobbie, ROBERT KENNEDY: HIS LIFE: strandbooks.com/product/978068…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite books on the Kennedys? What did you read this weekend? Share! #avidreadersunite
