![]() ![]() “Thurston Clarke takes a fresh look… compelling portrait of one of the towering figures of 20th-century America.” Jimmy So and Lucas Whittman, “Brainy Beach Reads,” The Daily Beast/Newsweek ![]() Here we see a president in action, a man maturing and developing as a thinker and executive, and so we are haunted all over again by what might have come next.” Kennedy’s death, but the early prize goes to historian Thurston Clarke’s meticulous reconstruction of JFK’s Last Hundred Days. “As we approach 50th anniversary…there will be a slew of books on John F. “A graceful, bittersweet chronicle of President Kennedy’s final months… Those who remember Kennedy and those too young to do so, will find this an absorbing narrative.” Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and former Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times. “A fascinating close-up look at the final dramatic months of a young president’s life. Thurston Clarke’s portrait of Kennedy is masterful in this compelling convergence of history and biography.” Clarke is a masterful storyteller and able researcher. Thurston Clarke’s JFK’s Last Hundred Days does a marvelous job of reliving Camelot’s fragile promise. Kennedy was shot in Dallas were frenetic times: civil rights, Vietnam, Berlin and reelection were on his mind. “The three-months before President John F. “Certainly demonstrates that three often painful years in office had taught Kennedy valuable lessons… Clarke delivers a thoroughly delightful portrait… few will put it down.” Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution “Clarke makes the drama, the excitement, and the dark side of Camelot seem like only yesterday-indeed, you feel as though you’re right there, in the Kennedy White House, at Hyannis Port, and aboard Air Force One with JFK, today.” Jon Meacham, New York Times bestselling author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Kennedy that brings the president and his times back to vivid life. “Thurston Clarke has done the seemingly impossible: he has found a revealing new angle of vision on John F. JFK’s Last Hundred Days is a gripping account that weaves together Kennedy’s public and private lives, explains why the grief following his assassination has endured so long, and solves the most tantalizing Kennedy mystery of all-not who killed him but who he was when he was killed, and where he would have led us. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been. Fifty years after his death, President John F. ![]()
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