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Goodwin, Doris Kearns,

An unfinished love story : a personal history of the 1960s / Doris Kearns Goodwin. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 467 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-449) and index.

Introduction -- Coming of age -- "A sort of dead end" -- Aboard the "Caroline" -- A Pandora's box of cigars -- The supreme generalist -- Kaleidoscope -- Thirteen LBJs -- "And we shall overcome" -- The never-ending resignation -- Friendship, loyalty, and duty -- Crosswinds of fate -- Endings and beginnings -- Our talisman -- Epilogue.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.

ISBN: 9781982108663 1982108665

Subjects--Personal Names:
Goodwin, Richard N.
Goodwin, Doris Kearns.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Speechwriters--United States--Biography.
Nineteen sixties.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--1961-1969.
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
United States--Economic conditions--1945-
United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.