![]() ![]() In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy's inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history. ![]() Kennedy throughout his presidency-from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy's tragic and unexpected assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. served as special assistant to President John F. A THOUSAND DAYS is "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work of major historical significance" (New York Times).īook Synopsis Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner: "Of all the Kennedy books. ![]() Schlesinger's close relationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, has resulted in this authoritative yet intimate account in which the president "walks through the pages, from first to last, alert, alive, amused and amusing" (John Kenneth Galbraith). ![]() About the Book As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesinger witnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influenced the now legendary Kennedy administration. ![]()
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