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SENATOR Edward M. Kennedy True Compass: A Memoir Hardcover 1st EDITION

Description: Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping. We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day. True Compass: A Memoir Hardcover , September 14, 2009 by Edward M. Kennedy (Author) Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Kennedy speaks with unprecedented candor about his extraordinary life. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother, John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he learned how to become an effective legislator. His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love for family and an abiding faith. He writes movingly of his brothers and their influence on him; his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths; his marriage to the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy; his role in the major events of our time (from the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama); and how his recent diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor has given even greater urgency to his long crusade for improved health care for all Americans. Written with warmth, wit, and grace, True Compass is Edward M. Kennedy's inspiring legacy to readers and to history. (2009) Product Description In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events. TRUE COMPASS The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy, recounted here in loving detail. In 1962 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he began a fascinating political education and became a legislator. In this historic memoir, Ted Kennedy takes us inside his family, re-creating life with his parents and brothers and explaining their profound impact on him. For the first time, he describes his heartbreak and years of struggle in the wake of their deaths. Through it all, he describes his work in the Senate on the major issues of our time--civil rights, Vietnam, Watergate, the quest for peace in Northern Ireland--and the cause of his life: improved health care for all Americans, a fight influenced by his own experiences in hospitals. His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love of family, and an abiding faith. There have been controversies, too, and Kennedy addresses them with unprecedented candor. At midlife, embattled and uncertain if he would ever fall in love again, he met the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy. Facing a tough reelection campaign against an aggressive challenger named Mitt Romney, Kennedy found a new voice and began one of the great third acts in American politics, sponsoring major legislation, standing up for liberal principles, and making the pivotal endorsement of Barack Obama for president. Hundreds of books have been written about the Kennedys. TRUE COMPASS will endure as the definitive account from a member of America's most heralded family, an inspiring legacy to readers and to history, and a deeply moving story of a life like no other. Hardcover: 532 pages Publisher: Twelve; First Edition edition (September 14, 2009) Language: English CONDITION VERY GOOD Hardcover FIRST Edition 2009 by “12” Hachette, Hardcover w dust jacket 324 pages w b/w photo on frointispieces. Book in close to new condition. Interior clean, no markings odor or animal hairs, Jacket lightly rubbed. ABOUT US: 15 years of experience in online selling with high customer satisfaction . BUY WITH CONFIDENCE - If you don't like the item, just return it in the way you received it and we will gladly return the purchase price.2.2 We offer combined shipping for one low shipping charge. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE GREAT Books on Politics, Business, Art and HISTORY Please click the link below for all items for sale: PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR Great Collectible AUDIO CDs, Vintage 78 rpm Records and Turntable/ Phonograph Items Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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Book Title: True Compass : a Memoir

Number of Pages: 532 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Publication Year: 2009

Topic: Personal Memoirs, Political, Historical

Item Height: 1.8 in

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Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 34.5 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Edward M. Kennedy

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Format: Hardcover

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