Authors: Edward M. Kennedy
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True Compass (64 page)
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Quoted passages are from
Times to Remember
by Rose Kennedy, and my father's letters, published in
Hostage to Fortune
, edited by Amanda Smith. See the bibliography for elaboration.
Table of Contents
Copyright
Prologue: The Torch
PART ONE: Family
Chapter 1: Safe Harbor
Chapter 2: No Crying in This House
Chapter 3: Wartime London
Chapter 4: Boarding School Boy
Chapter 5: The Harvard Screwup
PART TWO: Brotherhood
Chapter 6: Kennedy for President
Chapter 7: Becoming a Politician
Chapter 8: The New Frontier
Chapter 9: Drinks with the Senator
Chapter 10: 1963
Chapter 11: Falling to Earth
Chapter 12: Thunder
Chapter 13: Bobby
PART THREE: On My Own
Chapter 14: The Shock of Silence
Chapter 15: The Hospital
Chapter 16: Nixonian Radicals
Chapter 17: Backlash in Boston
Chapter 18: Sailing Against the Wind
Chapter 19: The Reagan Years
Chapter 20: The Family Business
PART FOUR: Renewal
Chapter 21: The Woman Who Changed My Life
Chapter 22: Campaigning for Political Survival
Chapter 23: The Clinton Years
Chapter 24: The Living Rose
Chapter 25: Senator
Chapter 26: Perseverance
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About Twelve
Table of Contents
Copyright
Prologue: The Torch
PART ONE: Family
Chapter 1: Safe Harbor
Chapter 2: No Crying in This House
Chapter 3: Wartime London
Chapter 4: Boarding School Boy
Chapter 5: The Harvard Screwup
PART TWO: Brotherhood
Chapter 6: Kennedy for President
Chapter 7: Becoming a Politician
Chapter 8: The New Frontier
Chapter 9: Drinks with the Senator
Chapter 10: 1963
Chapter 11: Falling to Earth
Chapter 12: Thunder
Chapter 13: Bobby
PART THREE: On My Own
Chapter 14: The Shock of Silence
Chapter 15: The Hospital
Chapter 16: Nixonian Radicals
Chapter 17: Backlash in Boston
Chapter 18: Sailing Against the Wind
Chapter 19: The Reagan Years
Chapter 20: The Family Business
PART FOUR: Renewal
Chapter 21: The Woman Who Changed My Life
Chapter 22: Campaigning for Political Survival
Chapter 23: The Clinton Years
Chapter 24: The Living Rose
Chapter 25: Senator
Chapter 26: Perseverance
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About Twelve
Table of Contents
Copyright
Prologue: The Torch
PART ONE: Family
Chapter 1: Safe Harbor
Chapter 2: No Crying in This House
Chapter 3: Wartime London
Chapter 4: Boarding School Boy
Chapter 5: The Harvard Screwup
PART TWO: Brotherhood
Chapter 6: Kennedy for President
Chapter 7: Becoming a Politician
Chapter 8: The New Frontier
Chapter 9: Drinks with the Senator
Chapter 10: 1963
Chapter 11: Falling to Earth
Chapter 12: Thunder
Chapter 13: Bobby
PART THREE: On My Own
Chapter 14: The Shock of Silence
Chapter 15: The Hospital
Chapter 16: Nixonian Radicals
Chapter 17: Backlash in Boston
Chapter 18: Sailing Against the Wind
Chapter 19: The Reagan Years
Chapter 20: The Family Business
PART FOUR: Renewal
Chapter 21: The Woman Who Changed My Life
Chapter 22: Campaigning for Political Survival
Chapter 23: The Clinton Years
Chapter 24: The Living Rose
Chapter 25: Senator
Chapter 26: Perseverance
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About Twelve
Table of Contents
Copyright
Prologue: The Torch
PART ONE: Family
Chapter 1: Safe Harbor
Chapter 2: No Crying in This House
Chapter 3: Wartime London
Chapter 4: Boarding School Boy
Chapter 5: The Harvard Screwup
PART TWO: Brotherhood
Chapter 6: Kennedy for President
Chapter 7: Becoming a Politician
Chapter 8: The New Frontier
Chapter 9: Drinks with the Senator
Chapter 10: 1963
Chapter 11: Falling to Earth
Chapter 12: Thunder
Chapter 13: Bobby
PART THREE: On My Own
Chapter 14: The Shock of Silence
Chapter 15: The Hospital
Chapter 16: Nixonian Radicals
Chapter 17: Backlash in Boston
Chapter 18: Sailing Against the Wind
Chapter 19: The Reagan Years
Chapter 20: The Family Business
PART FOUR: Renewal
Chapter 21: The Woman Who Changed My Life
Chapter 22: Campaigning for Political Survival
Chapter 23: The Clinton Years
Chapter 24: The Living Rose
Chapter 25: Senator
Chapter 26: Perseverance
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About Twelve
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: No Crying in This House
Chapter 4: Boarding School Boy
Chapter 5: The Harvard Screwup
Chapter 6: Kennedy for President
Chapter 7: Becoming a Politician
Chapter 9: Drinks with the Senator
Chapter 14: The Shock of Silence
Chapter 17: Backlash in Boston
Chapter 18: Sailing Against the Wind
Chapter 20: The Family Business
Chapter 21: The Woman Who Changed My Life