John F. Kennedy: The Life, the Presidency, the Assassination

by Ian Shircore

John F. Kennedy's presidency was tragically cut short, but his legacy looms large even today. This beautifully illustrated biography—with 15 removable facsimile objects—offers a unique look at America's 35th president. From his wartime heroism and marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier to the controversial 1960 election, Cuban Missile Crisis, Civil Rights movement, escalating conflict in Vietnam, and assassination, it captures the key moments of his life and career.    The removable documents, from Kennedy Archives at the U.S. National Archives,  
A birthday telegram from a besotted girlfriend * Top-secret memos and cables * Handwritten notes from Kennedy's inaugural address * A “Wanted for Treason” poster that circulated in Dallas the day before his assassination * A bloodstained sketch of President Kennedy's skull from the autopsy  

94 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

Ian Shircore's mission is to rescue Clive James's poems from the "poetry ghetto" and bring them to people who would never normally read poetry (and would certainly not pick up a book about poetry).

Clive wrote some real duds - not surprising in the course of a 60-year career and more than 300 poems. But he also hit some wonderful highs. And like every other writer, musician or artist, he deserves to be remembered for his greatest work, rather than some dull, actuarial average. Would you choose to judge The Beatles by Run For Your Life, Octopus's Garden and Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey, or by their finest creations, like Strawberry Fields, Blackbird and Please, Please Me?

Some of Clive's best poems are already well known. The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered is still going strong, 37 years on, and Japanese Maple is loved all over the world. But there are others, like Use of Space, At Ian Hamilton's Funeral and The Falcon Growing Old, that are just as moving. All I want is for more people to discover them and share the joy.