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Gr 7-Up Much has been written about the Kennedys, Jack in particular, so Cooper takes a different tack: she focuses on his early life, from his birth to his graduation from boarding school. In a lively style, she traces his entry into a prominent family, and shows the development of the family itself, as well as the relationships among its...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Without idealizing or sensationalizing, Cooper offers a revealing portrait of Kennedy's youth and the forces that shaped it. Her book includes many of the same anecdotes found in Barbara Harrison and Daniel Terris's biography A Twilight Struggle (rev. 9/92); but where the former spans Kennedy's entire life, this one ends with Jack's graduation from high school. Cooper works in a host of domestic details to give a firm sense of everyday life in the burgeoning Kennedy household. Readers discover what it was like for Jack to grow up under the paradox...Log In or Sign Up to Read More