{"product_id":"bobby-kennedy-the-making-of-a-liberal-icon-paperback","title":"Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Tye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A multilayered, inspiring portrait of RFK . . .  the] most in-depth look at an extraordinary figure whose transformational story shaped America.\"--Joe Scarborough, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - Soon to be a Hulu original series starring Chris Pine. Larry Tye appears on CNN's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dynasties: The Kennedys\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"We are in Larry Tye's debt for bringing back to life the young presidential candidate who . . . almost half a century ago, instilled hope for the future in angry, fearful Americans.\"--David Nasaw, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bare-knuckle operative, cynical White House insider, romantic visionary--Robert F. Kennedy was all of these things at one time or another, and each of these aspects of his personality emerges in the pages of this powerful and perceptive biography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e History remembers RFK as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive knight of a bygone era of American politics. But Kennedy's enshrinement in the liberal pantheon was actually the final stage of a journey that began with his service as counsel to the red-baiting senator Joseph McCarthy. In \u003ci\u003eBobby Kennedy, \u003c\/i\u003e Larry Tye peels away layers of myth and misconception to capture the full arc of his subject's life. Tye draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, and fifty-eight boxes of papers that had been under lock and key for forty years. He conducted hundreds of interviews with RFK intimates, many of whom have never spoken publicly, including Bobby's widow, Ethel, and his sister, Jean. Tye's determination to sift through the tangle of often contradictory opinions means that \u003ci\u003eBobby Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e will stand as the definitive biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBobby Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A compelling story of how idealism can be cultivated and liberalism learned . . . Tye does an exemplary job of capturing not just the chronology of Bobby's life, but also the sense of him as a person.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Captures RFK's rise and fall with straightforward prose bolstered by impressive research.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Tye] has a keen gift for narrative storytelling and an ability to depict his subject with almost novelistic emotional detail.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Nuanced and thorough . . .  RFK's] vision echoes through the decades.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Tye\u003c\/b\u003e has been an award-winning journalist at \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He now runs a Boston-based training program for medical journalists. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eSatchel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBobby Kennedy, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eSuperman, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Father of Spin, Home Lands, Rising from the Rails, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDemagogue, \u003c\/i\u003eand co-author, with Kitty Dukakis, of \u003ci\u003eShock\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757757923616,"sku":"9780812983500","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aff76ceb49157f715a978dc5d9bb731d.webp?v=1780111092","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bobby-kennedy-the-making-of-a-liberal-icon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}