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deadpresidents · 4 months

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HERBERT HOOVER •An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover by Richard Norton Smith (BOOK) •Herbert Hoover: A Biography by Eugene Lyons (BOOK) •Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency by Charles Rappleye (BOOK | KINDLE) •Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT •Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Traitor To His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black (BOOK | KINDLE) •Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life by Robert Dallek (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

HARRY S. TRUMAN •Truman by David McCullough (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America by David Pietrusza (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman by Merle Miller (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman by Harry S. Truman, Edited by Robert H. Ferrell (BOOK) •Harry S. Truman by Margaret Truman (BOOK)

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER •Eisenhower by Geoffrey Perret (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Eisenhower, Volume I: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952 by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE) •Eisenhower, Volume II: The President by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE) •The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower by Stephen E. Ambrose (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

JOHN F. KENNEDY •An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (BOOK | KINDLE) •Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency by Mark K. Updegrove (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

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silastheanon · 2 years

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I Can Tell That We are Going to be Friends

I did the first chapter of the fic!!!!! @professionallydeadinside

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34833532

Or, you can read it below!

Josef’s hands were sweaty, something he was hyper aware of. The irrational fear of sweating so much he ruined the piece of paper in his hands was also something he was hyper aware of.

He needed that paper, it had his locker and the combination for it on it. He did not feel like going back to the front office and asking for another paper because his nerves got the very best of him and he ruined a perfectly fine piece of paper.

What a great first impression that would be.

Finally, Josef came to the hallway that his locker was in, though the relief that brought him was quickly smothered and violently the killed. The hallway was crowded. But, not in a normal way. There honestly wasn’t that many people in the corridor, but they gave off such personality, took up so much space with their mere presence, it felt like everyone in the entire world had packed into the small hallway.

At the end of the hallway, there were glass double doors, where they all must of came in from, Josef would’ve definitely noticed them, if they had been in the front office.

There were two people talking, one a girl with long dark hair and light brown eyes, and a boy with blond hair and blue eyes, off to one side. They seemed close, like friends who’ve known each other for as long as they’ve known to walk are close. Friends that have seen each other break and get damaged, and offered a quiet refuge.

Off to another side, there was a tall man with a beige hoodie on, the hood pulled up and the drawstrings pulled. Josef couldn’t see his face at all, and when the man pulled a hand out of the hoodie’s pocket, Josef saw that he wore gloves, despite the school being one of the few that was a decent temperature.

Another side, another person. This one was more bulky, and he seemed to have a tattoos on him, however in the fresh hell that happened. Were they fake, did he lie about his age, did the artist not care, Josef was so fucking curious! He was wearing a tank top and green pants, and his hair was black and slicked back. He looked mean, he had a scowl on his face that didn’t show any signs of leaving, but also like he’d give the absolute best hugs. Josef really wanted to talk to him.

A girl with her hair tugged into a ponytail was fiddling with her locker. She seemed to be having trouble, which would’ve probably been solved had she moved the lock of hair in out.

The doors at the other end opened, and two people walked in, a boy and a girl. The guy was wearing a blue jacket, and had ratty blond hair, and the girl had short brown hair. They looked like siblings, Josef noticed. Not because they had a similar face shape or anything, but because of the way they walked together. They walked far too close, and seemed to both be trying to step on the others shoes on purpose, though they were both acting like they weren’t. Josef didn’t have any siblings, but he imagined that’s how they acted with each other.

The one Josef assumed was the sister ran over to the girl fiddling with her locker, hip bumped her despite the one leaning down to reach the lock, shooed her over, and began punching the code for her. The brother went over to the tall man with the hoodie and punched him squarely in his shoulder. Hoodie didn’t seem too fazed by it, and lightly hit Ratty Hair on his arm in return.

The guy with blond hair and blue eyes looked over at Ratty Hair, and Ratty Hair flipped Blond-Blue the bird. How lovely.

The doors opened again, and a boy with short black hair and a sweater vest above a white shirt walked in. He had glasses on, and, after quickly adjusting them, dashed over to Mean Tank Top and hugged him. Mean Tank Top’s scowl melted into an actually pleasant expression as he hugged Sweater Vest back. Josef felt like his original thought that Mean Tank Top gave good hugs was correct when Sweater Vest seemed to melt. How cute.

A man pushed past Josef from behind him, giving him a vaguely dirty look as he passed. The man had dark hair and cold eyes. He looked mean, but not like Mean Tank Top, who was clearly at least a little nice. No, this man was something genuinely dangerous.

He stalked over to Ratty Hair, who tensed up the moment he saw Mr. Mean. Hoodie grabbed Ratty Hair’s wrist and started to pull him away, but Mr. Mean was there before they could leave.

Mr. Mean said something Josef couldn’t hear, having slipped partially behind a wall to hide the fight he could feel was brewing, but Mr. Mean didn’t have time to start anything. A guy with longer hair underneath a snap-back hat shoved him away from Ratty Hair. Snapback didn’t seem all that scary, if Josef had seen him any other time. He looked livid.

Something was said, and Mr. Mean retreated back the way he came with a sneer at Josef as he passed.

Snapback watched Mr. Mean go, before his stiff posture relaxed and he draped himself over Ratty Hair, looking like he was attempting to be a backpack or koala. Snapback wound both his arms around Ratty Hair’s neck in a lose hold, and offered one of his hands palm up to Hoodie for a high five which Hoodie softly accepted.

Two more people walked in through the glass doors, and these were people Josef immediately knew were related. They were almost spitting images of each other, though one had a nicer look about him than the other. The one with the shifty eyes walked in like he owned the place, while what was undeniably his brother didn’t radiate quite the same energy.

Shifty Eyes went over to Hoodie, Ratty Hair, and Snapback, while Kind Eyes went to Mean Tank Top and Sweater Vest. Ratty Hair half heartedly shoved at Shifty Eyes, Snapback still practically laying on him, while Mean Tank Top wrapped his arms around Sweater Vest’s and Kind eyes’s shoulders.

Closely tailing the other two, there was a woman with the bottom of her face covered. She was quick to go over to Locker Lady and Sister, and she scooped Locker Lady into her arms and swung her around. Locker Lady had a huge smile on her face, contagious even from a distance, as Josef was dimly aware of a smile of his own forming.

Yet another two walked in through the glass doors, one a very tall woman, and one a shorter boy with grease streaked on his cheeks. The tall woman had a very pretty skirt on, and a jacket tied around her neck by the sleeves. The boy had a stained white shirt on, and a slightly torn up jacket on. The boy took off at a quiet run towards Blond-Blue, who was calmly talking to the dark haired girl, and jumped onto his back.

Blond-Blue’s face immediately broke into a huge grin as he grabbed at the person on his back and dragged him off himself and to where he could see Messy Everything. Messy Everything hugged Blond-Blue tightly, and Blond-Blue pressed a kiss to Messy Everything’s cheek. Cute.

The dark haired girl saw this and turned around to face Tall Lady, and she promptly pointed down. Tall Lady laughed softly and leaned down, which Josef realised was to give the dark haired girl a kiss. Cute.

Josef took a deep breath and finally stepped out from the entrance to the hallway and tried to keep his eyes only on the numbers of the lockers, and not on the people that somehow were able to take up an entire room so easily. He found his locker, which was extremely close to Mean Tank Top’s locker and where he was standing with Sweater Vest and Kind Eyes.

Josef unlocked his locker relatively easily, and shoved his backpack into it. He pulled his folded up class schedule from his pocket and sighed.

He had a feeling this year was going to be hell. A fun hell.

But hell.

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odk-2 · 3 years

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Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - Streets of Bakersfield (1988) Homer Joy from: "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room" (LP)

Tex-Mex | Country

JukehostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Dwight Yoakam: Co-Lead Vocals / Acoustic Guitar Buck Owens: Co-Lead Vocals Flaco Jimenez: Accordion Don Reed: Fiddle Pete Anderson: Guitars (Electric and Acoustic) Scott Joss: Mandolin Tom Brumley: Steel Guitar Al Perkins: Dobro Skip Edwards: Piano Taras Prodaniuk: Bass Dusty Wakeman: Bass Jeff Donavan: Drums

The Lonesome Strangers: Backing Vocals Jim Lauderdale / Brantley Kearns

Produced by Pete Anderson

Recorded: @ Capitol Studios, “A,” “B,” and “C” in Hollywood, California USA and @ Mad Dog Studios in Venice, California USA during April of 1988

Released: in 1988

Reprise Records

#Tex-Mex #Country Music #Reprise Records #1980's #Dwight Yoakam #Buck Owens #Homer Joy #Flaco Jimenez #Pete Anderson #Streets of Bakersfield #Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room

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dipulb3 · 3 years

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Analysis: Biden's economic agenda isn't quite as 'transformational' as it seems

New Post has been published on https://appradab.com/analysis-bidens-economic-agenda-isnt-quite-as-transformational-as-it-seems/

Analysis: Biden's economic agenda isn't quite as 'transformational' as it seems

“Transformational” thrills Democratic liberals as much as it alarms Republican conservatives, so both ends of the ideological spectrum embrace the term. It sounds right to many commentators since the new President’s proposals to build infrastructure, expand education and help struggling families buck the tide of the only political era they’ve known.

But a longer view of the relationship between Americans and their government suggests a subtler reality.

Bracing as the size and scope of the new President’s program is, much of it would build on federal initiatives that have evolved over decades. It would return spending and tax levels that existed as young Joe Biden came of age in the mid-20th century, before the rise of conservatism bent on constraining government.

“Biden has the opportunity to be a restorational president,” said Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University presidential historian. At 78, he “is trying to restore the America that was his America until the Reagan Revolution became dominant.”

Government’s role in economic life has grown with the nation throughout American history. Canals, railroads and land-grant colleges in the 19th century gave way to electrification, interstate highways and social insurance in the 20th. A progressive era constitutional amendment paved the way for federal income taxes on individuals as well as corporations.

As Washington financed President Dwight Eisenhower’s highway system, John F. Kennedy’s moon mission, and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, federal investment in infrastructure, research and development and education peaked at 6.4% of the size of America’s economy in the 1960s. It declined thereafter, to 2.6% by 2019.

Had it remained at 6.4% that year, federal investment would have been $800 billion higher. That’s twice the $400 billion annual cost of Biden’s agenda spread over 10 years.

Biden’s tax proposals appear modest in the context of recent history. The 1981 tax cut Ronald Reagan signed cut the top personal income rate from 70% to 50%. Biden proposes an uptick from 37% to 39.6% — where the top rate stood before President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

The corporate tax rate topped 30% for decades before Trump slashed it to 21%. Once the source of more than one-third of federal revenue, the corporate tax provided just 6.6% by 2019.

“Over the last three years, corporate tax collections have fallen to their lowest level in my lifetime — 1% in GDP,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Appradab via email. Biden would nudge it up to 28%, though he has signaled he could compromise as low as 25%.

“On both taxes and level of public investment, we are returning to levels (and) structures reflected in past periods of progress,” said Brian Deese, director of Biden’s National Economic Council. “The element that is more transformational is the focus on doing public investment in a way that supports everyone.”

Indeed, Biden explicitly frames expansion of familiar programs around lifting those previously left behind, from African American farmers and home health workers, to Hispanic students and restauranteurs, to working-class women kept from the labor force for lack of affordable child care. That unabashed response to the racial and demographic contours of contemporary inequality reflects the evolving coalition that elected him.

He can’t do it alone

Unlike Democratic predecessors, Biden has not proposed a singular new federal landmark such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act. But he breaks new ground with his thoroughgoing emphasis on action to curb climate change.

Trump spent half what Biden proposes on a set of tax cuts that have shown no sign of durably boosting the US economy. But the cumulative cost of Biden’s current proposals — on top of his already enacted $1.9 trillion for Covid relief — would well exceed what the government spent to win World War II in inflation-adjusted terms.

And forty years after Ronald Reagan shaped a political generation by telling Americans “government is the problem,” Biden’s emphatic declaration of the opposite sounds as jolting as the sticker shock.

“That’s a long time, so that feels transformational,” observed presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin. “It’s not just the programs he’s bringing back, but the philosophy.”

Of course, Biden won’t transform anything unless his program clears Congress. A few Republicans call for compromise, but their Senate leader Mitch McConnell vows unrelenting opposition to Biden’s tax hikes and the scale of his spending plans.

Democrats could act alone, as they did on Covid relief. Yet repeating that path makes some nervous now that the impetus of immediate crisis has passed.

The Great Depression fueled Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The slain JFK’s fallen banner, then his own historic landslide, propelled Johnson’s agenda.

Biden’s quest for a comparable legacy rests on party unity and the plain-spoken, grandfatherly mien he has brought to the Oval Office to replace Trump’s bombast.

“He’s not a naturally gifted salesman,” Brinkley said. “In order to be a transformational president, he first has to be a restorational one.”

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holyjost · 7 years

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Biographies of every US president as audiobooks

I enjoy reading history, especially in the form of historical biographies. Over the years I've picked up books about several of the founding fathers of the USA, plus major historical figures like FDR, and eventually I realized that I'd covered a big chunk of all the presidents of the USA. So then I went back and decided to fill in all the gaps. I'm currently on president number 37, and will be stopping at number 41.

As I've been reading I started tweeting about fun facts about the presidents as I encountered them. Slowly that evolved into longer and longer threads about each president, and some of those threads were quite popular.

So here for ease of consumption is the full list of presidents I've read, which biography I read, a single sentence on what I thought about that biography and if I recommend it, as well as (where available) a link to the tweet or thread about that president.

If this list format doesn't grab you, it's also available as a spreadsheet. I'll update the sheet and this post as I finish the remaining bios.

#1: George Washington

Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow

Recommended? Yes

Fantastic. Deeply researched, engaging, readable, well paced.

#2: John Adams

John Adams, David McCullough

Recommended? Yes

Does its very best with a dull as dishwater subject. Detailed and well-written but a slog.

#3: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, Jon Meacham

Recommended? Yes

Brilliantly written, full of great detail, pulls its punches on some of his darker aspects but doesn't ignore them.

#4: James Madison

The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President, Noah Feldman

Recommended? Yes

Detailed and engaging, a little longer than its subject deserves.

#5: James Monroe

The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness, Harlow Giles Unger

Recommended? Yes

Concise, about as long as this shitty dude deserved, but too nice to him.

#6: John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit, James Traub

Recommended? Yes

JQA was even duller than his dad. The bio is workmanlike with much less of the color of other bios.

#7: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times, H W Brands

Recommended? Yes

Military-focused, containing less personal detail than is probably warranted, but very readable.

#8: Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren: A Captivating Guide to the Man Who Served as the Eighth President of the United States , Captivating History

Recommended? No

Short and cliff notes-y but with some fun details, and very engaging. Best of the cliff-notes bios.

#9: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison: The Life and Legacy of the First American President to Die in Office, Charles River Editors

Recommended? No

Just under 2 hours long, a cliff-notes bio. Not great.

#10: John Tyler

John Tyler, Robert J Spitzer

Recommended? No

28 minutes long, a shitty all-the-presidents entry.

#11: James K Polk

Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America, Walter R Borneman

Recommended? Yes

Author wanted to write about Jackson and sort of accidentally wrote about Polk. Not good.

#12: Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor, Paul Finkelman

Recommended? No

A 24-minute all-the-presidents entry. Taylor sucked but so does this bio.

(No tweet for this one)

#13: Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore, Joseph F Rishel

Recommended? No

17 minutes long! The shortest bio yet, a worthless all-the-presidents entry.

#14: Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce, Paul Finkelman

Recommended? No

Another all-the-presidents entry. A few fun tidbits.

#15: James Buchanan

Worst. President. Ever. James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents, Robert Strauss

Recommended? Yes

A delightful treatment of a shitty subject, light-hearted but well researched, very engaging.

#16: Abraham Lincoln

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Recommended? Yes

DKG has a well-earned reputation as an excellent biographer and Lincoln is an amazing subject. 42 hours of material fly by.

#17: Andrew Johnson

After Lincoln: How the North Won the Civil War and Lost the Peace , A J Langguth

Recommended? No

Not really a bio of Johnson, but covers the aftermath of Lincoln so mostly about Johnson. Good but little personal detail about Johnson for that reason.

#18: Ulysses S Grant

American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant, Ronald C White

Recommended? Yes

Fantastic book of a truly great and under-rated president. Great details.

#19: Rutherford B Hayes

Rutherford B Hayes, Hans L Trefousse

Recommended? No

5 hours long which is 4 hours long than its subject deserved. Yawnfest.

#20: James A Garfield

James A Garfield: The 20th President's 200 Days in Office, in60Learning

Recommended? Yes

An hour long but left me wanting much more.

#21: Chester A Arthur

The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur, Scott S Greenberger

Recommended? Yes

Recommended only for the excellent details of Julia Sand's letters.

#22: Grover Cleveland

An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland, H Paul Jeffers

Recommended? No

A mediocre bio of a mediocre guy.

#23: Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison, Allan B Spetter

Recommended? No

An all-the-presidents series entry, just 22 minutes long, barely worth it.

#24: Cleveland again.

#25: William McKinley

William McKinley, Kevin Phillips, Arthur M Schlesinger

Recommended? No

An all-the-presidents entry much longer than it needed to be.

#26: Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris

Recommended? Yes

The first of an epic 3-book series on TR of which I read 2. Definitive and captivating.

#27: William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft: The American Presidents Series: The 27th President, 1909-1913, Jeffrey Rosen, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Sean Wilentz

Recommended? No

Lacks compelling personal details that could have fit in 5 hours. Not compelling.

#28: Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson: A Biography, John Milton Cooper

Recommended? Yes

Way too long given how dull Wilson is but well-written.

#29: Warren G Harding

Warren G Harding, James D Robenalt

Recommended? No

Short and dull but still not as bad as The Bloviator, which is awful and nobody should read.

#30: Calvin Coolidge

Coolidge, Amity Shlaes

Recommended? Yes

A concise and insightful look at an important transitional president.

#31: Herbert Hoover

Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times , Kenneth Whyte

Recommended? Yes

I could have read another 50% of this 27-hour book. Fascinating.

#32: Franklin D Roosevelt

FDR, Jean Edward Smith

Recommended? Yes

A gem of a book, full of amazing details, and a wonderful subject.

#33: Harry S Truman

Harry S Truman: A Life, Robert H Ferrell

Recommended? Yes

Well-written and detailed but insufficiently critical of its surprisingly crooked subject.

#34: Dwight D Eisenhower

Eisenhower in War and Peace, Jean Edward Smith

Recommended? Yes

Sort of a side-effect of the FDR bio but well-written and workable.

#35: John F Kennedy

An Unfinished Life: John F Kennedy, 1917-1963,

Recommended? Yes

A good book but cruelly, pointlessly abridged, please release the full thing.

#36: Lyndon B Johnson

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Recommended? Yes

A mind-blowing book of amazing depth and quality of writing from an author incredibly close to her subject. Unmissable.

Still to come: Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H W Bush.

I will not be doing: Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama or Trump, as they are all still too recent for biographies to have all the facts.

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Incoming president John Kennedy shakes hands with his predecessor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, after winning the 1960 election.

Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie, co-authors of “The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK’s Five-Year Campaign,” will focus on a dominant issue covered in their new book—John F. Kennedy’s shifting strategy to win support in the South during the 1960 Democratic presidential campaign—in a conversation with Overby Center chairman Charles Overby on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 5:30 p.m.

The program will be held in the Overby Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, and a reception will be held afterward.

“The Road to Camelot” explores Kennedy’s perilous attempt to court segregationist Southern Democrats who controlled the politics of the region while trying not to antagonize African Americans in the North whose vote was critical in many states there.

By placing emphasis on the regional aspect, the Overby Center continues to highlight Mississippi issues in connection with the 200th anniversary of statehood this year.

Curtis Wilkie

Oliphant and Wilkie worked together on the staff of the Boston Globe for more than 25 years prior to their retirement. They interviewed many of the survivors of the Kennedy campaign and did extensive research at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston to gather valuable and hitherto undiscovered material for the book.

Doris Kearns Goodwin, a prominent presidential historian and author of “The Bully Pulpit” and “Team of Rivals,” said of the book, “Two of our most gifted reporters have found the perfect subject to match their love of politics, their interviewing skills, and their literary talents. The result is a freshly told, endlessly riveting story that captures the reader every step along the way.”

Tom Oliphant

Oliphant, who lives in Washington, is a frequent visitor to Oxford. His interest in bringing the first presidential debate to Ole Miss in 2008 was instrumental to the university’s selection. He is the author of four other books and served for years as one of the commentators on PBS’ NewsHour.

Wilkie is also the author of four earlier books and has been a fellow at the Overby Center since it was established on the Ole Miss campus in 2007.

Special to HottyToddy.com.

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