Publication

2008 - Henry Holt, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

80,250 words, Guess

Page Count

321 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivelastcampaignrobe00clar
  • ISBN-100805077928
  • ISBN-139780805077926
  • Goodreads2848257
  • LibraryThing4959567
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Classifications

  • DDC973.922092
  • DDCB
  • LCCE851 .C63 2008
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  • LCCE851.C63 2008

Description

After JFK's assassination, Robert Kennedy--Jack's political warrior--almost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother's murder, and by the nation's inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, and the war in Vietnam. Bobby sensed the country's pain, and when he announced that he was running for president, the country united behind his hopes. Over the action-packed days of his campaign, Americans were inspired by Kennedy's promise of a better time. And after an assassin's bullet stopped this last great stirring public figure of the 1960s, crowds lined up along the country's railroad tracks to say goodbye to Bobby. Historian Clarke provides an absorbing historical narrative that goes right to the heart of America's deepest despairs--and most fiercely held dreams--and tells us more than we had understood before about this complicated man and the heightened personal, racial, political, and national dramas of his times.

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