Hersh, Burton.

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.

9781582436289 1582436282 9781582437613 (pbk.)


Kennedy, Edward M. 1932-2009.


United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.


Legislators--United States--Biography.

E 840.8 / H572e 2010

973.92092