Edward Kennedy : an intimate biography /
by Burton Hersh.
- Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2010.
- xvi, 654 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
The initiation of the minotaur. Root systems -- Political lullabies -- Whelping the juggernaut -- The castle -- The Senate -- Teddy and Bob -- part one -- Teddy and Bob -- part two -- Cannonball -- Two summers -- Human size -- The shadow president. The comeback -- Finishing Nixon -- The brass ring -- The politics of counterinsurgency -- Bush I -- Back from the dead -- While the dust settled -- Endgame.
A historian and journalist combines extensive research with observations from his long-time acquaintance with Kennedy to recount the influential senator's life, including the Chappaquiddick accident and Kennedy's behind-the-scenes efforts to bring down Nixon.