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KENNEDY, ROSE FITZGERALD: : TIMES TO REMEMBER - An Autobiography

LONDON.COLLINS,1974.

ISBN 0002167611.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Oval colour portrait photograph to upper wrap with b/w photograph to rear wrap.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges. Light darkening externally to edges dw/dj inner flaps and also externally to rear top edge.Top edge lightly dust-soiled, fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Blue paper-covered boards with silver gilt embossed letters to spine /backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,490pp includes 32pp b/w photographs and an index of persons. A fascinating chronicle of eight decades rich in history,drama,courage,the new edition of Rose Kennedy's bestselling memoir is introduced by a moving tribute from her children and features family letters,memorabilia,and personal photographs. First published in 1974 and out of print for many years,matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy's autobiography is by turns conventional,tedious,intimately revealing, evasive,sugar-coated,tough-minded and touching.She began her political life at the age of five,when her father,John Francis Fitzgerald,was elected to Congress; he later became mayor of Boston. In their warm foreword,Rose's children; Edward Kennedy,Eunice Shriver,Patricia Lawford,Jean Smith,call her "the best politician in our family," and indeed,she relives her prominent role in accompanying her husband, Joseph Kennedy,FDR's ambassador to the Court of St. James,to Great Britain as war clouds gathered over Europe,and her vigorous campaigning for her sons,John and Bobby,in 1960 and 1968. At the time (1974) 'Times to Remember' by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was the only book written by a Kennedy about the family.She lived to be 104 and died of pneumonia 1995. There is scarcely anyone who does not know who Rose Kennedy is: daughter of 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald,the colourful Mayor of Boston; widow of Joseph P. Kennedy,banker,businessman extraordinary, Hollywood financier,and US Ambassador to England during the critical years 1938-41; mother of John F. Kennedy,President of the United States,of Robert Kennedy,US Attorney General,Senator from New York and presidential candidate,and of Senator Edward Kennedy,her only surviving son. At the age of 83 she has written her memoirs.And what memoirs! Hers has been a life of soaring triumphs and searing tragedy,yet her book is not so much a record of events that made world history as a book about the remarkable family that made world history.From letters,diaries and reminiscences,Rose Kennedy paints an unforgettable family portrait in which she herself stands out as a woman of dauntless courage and unshaken,unshakable faith. This conversational,unpretentious memoir is particularly interesting when Rose is discussing JFK's illnesses and injuries, raising her nine children,her mentally retarded daughter,Rosemary,and the deep religious faith that sustained her through personal tragedies. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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