280 pages, very well illustrated, cloth, dj, very good. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. From the dj: John Kennedy and William Manchester fist met in Boston in 1946. Young New England vets, they were both still recovering from crippling wounds suffered in the Pacific, where they both had been in fierce combat. While their careers would diverge, the friendship and respect that had spontaneously developed when they fist met, grew and deepened over the years. Knowing Manchester, confident of his discretion, and certain that he not only did not wan but would never accept a government position, President Kennedy was extraordinarily candid in their conversations. JFK encouraged Manchester to expand a series of magazine articles into the book Portrait of a President. Because of that work, JFK's widow and his brother Bobby selected Manchester to write the authorized history of the assassination, The Death of a President. Research for that book gave Manchester extensive and frequently exclusive access to the President's family, friends, and aides. Manchester writes that while JFK's death was a tragedy, his life was a triumph, and One Brief Shining Moment is a celebration of that triumph.

ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT REMEMBERING KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY JFK