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050 _aE 840.8.K35
_b.T766 2009
100 _aKennedy, Edward Moore,
_d1932-2009.
_9109565
245 0 _aTrue compass :
_ba memoir /
_cEdward M. Kennedy.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bTwelve,
_cc2009.
300 _ax, 532 p., [40] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.)
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [512]-514) and index.
520 _a and how his recent diagnosis of a malignant brain tumour has given even greater urgency to his long crusade for improved health care for all Americans. Written with warmth, wit, and grace, TRUE COMPASS is Edward M. Kennedy's inspiring legacy to readers and to history. www.alibris.com
520 _a his marriage to the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy
520 _a his role in the major events of our time (from the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama)
520 _aEdward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Kennedy speaks with unprecedented candour about his extraordinary life. He writes movingly of his brothers and their influence on him
650 _aLegislators
_zUnited States
_986860
942 _cALR
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_d76284