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Indeed, thanks in part to TV, Kennedy’s candidacy begins to take on dimensions that transcend traditional politics, entering into the new realm of popular culture. “He combines the best qualities of Elvis and Franklin Delano Roosevelt,” one
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“Dominick Burns was a literature lover and autodidact who compensated for his lack of education by insisting his grandchildren be well read. Dad was his prize student, though the fifty-cent pieces awarded for reciting a Shakespeare sonnet from memory was incentive enough. My father and his younger brother John would become well-known writers, and both credited their “poppa” as a major influence. Like Dominick Burns, I also lacked formal education, and though I can’t blame a famine for not getting past the tenth grade, I can credit my becoming a voracious reader to my shame as a dropout.”
― The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
― The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
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