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008 960809s1997 nyua b 001 0deng
010 _a96038203
020 _a0231107986 (acid-free paper)
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050 0 0 _aE 842 .1
_b.H44 1997
082 0 0 _a973.922/092
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100 1 _aHellmann, John
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245 1 4 _aThe Kennedy obsession
_bthe American myth of JFK
_cJohn Hellmann.
260 _aNew York
_bColumbia University Press
_cc1997.
300 _axvi, 206 p.
_bill.
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.
505 0 _aA 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.
520 _aThe 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.
600 1 0 _aKennedy, John Fitzgerald,
_d1917-1963
_q(John Fitzgerald)
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650 0 _aPopular culture
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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650 1 7 _aMythevorming.
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