Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316943851 . Near Fine / Very Good. Stated First Edition. Red/Black cloth covers with blind imprint on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Small stamp with previous owner's name on front free end-paper, with four minor indents on paste down and front free end-paper. Vrey Clean, tight copy. DJ has been price clipped and has minor edgewear and some rubbing. "Wills looks at the Kennedy family's attempt to be exceptional. He shows how the Kennedy image, which became, in Camelot, "the opium of the intellectuals," eventurally blinded the bearers of the family name as well as the "honorary Kennedys" who clustered around. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 310 pages .

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From one of America's foremost historians, The Kennedy Imprisonment is the definitive historical and psychological analysis of the Kennedy clan. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize, Garry Wills reveals a family that enjoyed public adulation but provided fluctuating leadership, that experienced both unparalleled fame and odd failures, and whose basic values ensnared its men in their own myths of success and masculinity. In the end, Wills reveals that the the Kennedys' crippling conception of power touched every part of their public and private lives, including their relationships with women and world leaders. Sometimes gossipy, sometimes philosophical, The Kennedy Imprisonment is a book that is as true, insightful, and relevant as ever.

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Bookseller: Bytown Bookery (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1613
Title: Kennedy Imprisonment
Author: Wills Garry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0316943851
ISBN 13: 9780316943857
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Place of Publication: Boston, Mass
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: 0316943851
Bookseller catalogs: Politics; United States; Political Science; Biography; American Politics; Family & Relationships; Kennedys;

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