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The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America
Penguin
January 2011
On Sale: December 28, 2010
304 pages ISBN: 0143118978 EAN: 9780143118978 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
2011 is the 50th anniversary of JFK's inauguration. A narrative of Kennedy's quest to create a speech that would
distill American dreams and empower a new generation, Ask
Not is a beautifully detailed account of the inauguration
and the weeks preceding it. During a time when America was
divided, and its citizens torn by fears of war, John F.
Kennedy took office and sought to do more than just reassure
the American people. His speech marked the start of a brief,
optimistic era. Thurston Clarke's portrait of JFK is
balanced, revealing the president at his most dazzlingly
charismatic and cunningly pragmatic.
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