Hellmann, John <br/><br/>
The Kennedy obsession  the American myth of JFK 
John Hellmann. 
 - New York  Columbia University Press  c1997. 
 - xvi, 206 p.  ill.  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index. 
<br/><br/>A bedside visit -- How Kennedy awoke: Jack's reading and Why England slept -- John Hersey's "Survival": a literary experiment and its political adaptation -- The old man and the boy: Papa Hemingway and Profiles in courage -- The Hollywood screen and Kennedy's televised showdown with Truman -- The erotics of a presidency -- An assassination and its fictions. 
<br/><br/> The author explores the mythology that grew up around John F. Kennedy who "was not only a president, but also a symbol for America's most cherished ideals."--Jacket. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0231107986 (acid-free paper) 9780231107983 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96038203  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kennedy, John Fitzgerald,  1917-1963 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Mythevorming.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E 842 .1  / .H44 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.922/092