"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
by O'Donnell, Kenneth P.
Published by : Litle, Brown & Company (Boston) Physical details: 495 p Year: 1972| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 973.922092 O'Do (Browse shelf) | Available | State Grant in Aid | 42254 |
The end of the beginning --
Getting into politics --
The lodge fight --
Onions Burke and the 1956 Convention --
Going nationwide --
Wisconsin and West Virginia --
How Lyndon got on the ticket --
The big one --
Forming a government --
The White House --
The showdown with Khrushchev --
"Johnny, I hardly knew ye" --
Our short stay with LBJ --
Reminiscences.
As a politician, John Fitzgerald Kennedy crafted a persona that fascinated and inspired millions—and left an outsize legacy in the wake of his murder on November 22, 1963. But only a select few were privy to the complicated man behind the Camelot image.
Two such confidants were Kenneth P. O’Donnell, Kennedy’s top political aide, and David F. Powers, a special assistant in the White House. They were among the president’s closest friends, part of an exclusive inner circle that came to be known as the “Irish Mafia.” In Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, O’Donnell and Powers share memories of Kennedy, his extraordinary political career, and his iconic family—memories that could come only from intimate access to the man himself.
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