387 pages, 8 plates, cloth, dj, very good. From the dj, 'Tip O'Neill, one of America's most colorful public figures, is a master politician - and a master storyteller, a man of wit and wisdom. First elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1936, O'Neill has had an extraordinary political career spanning 50 years, including a decade as Speaker of the House. These memoirs feature everyone from Boston politicos - unforgettable characters like Ralph Granara, Paddy Hynes and Up-Up Kelly - to America's biggest political names - the Kennedys, every president since FDR, and legendary personalities like James Michael Curley, the mayor of Boston immortalized in The Last Hurrah. He describes his complex ties with the Kennedys - his early encounters with old Joe Kennedy, whose formidable political machine bought a congressional seat for JFK, whom Tip later replaced in the House. He confides his dislike for Bobby Kennedy ('a self-important upstart') and his doubts about the Kennedy assassination and the Warren Commissions's conclusions.'

SPEAKER THE HOUSE TIP O'NEILL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONGRESS