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by Jules Witcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jules WitcoverPublish date:2018-11-16Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Avon BooksISBN-13:9780062463913ISBN-10:62463918UPC:9780062463913Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:American Government, Political Process, United StatesBook Topic:Executive Branch, Political Parties, 20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCGHT8T0C0

From noted journalist Jules Witcover, the classic account of Robert F. Kennedy's tragically short-lived campaign for president in 1968.

85 Days is veteran Washington journalist Jules Witcover's masterpiece of political reportage. It brilliantly captures a lost moment in time when the politics of conviction seemed to converge with America's youth movement in opposition to the Vietnam War. At its center was the charismatic Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the slain President John F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy's impassioned opposition to the Vietnam War, and his vision for a more egalitarian United States, launched him on one of the most memorable, though brief, campaigns in U.S. political history.

Witcover's driving narrative follows Kennedy's campaign throughout the primary season, as Kennedy mulled a run, developed his core issues and supporter base, and shot to the top of the polls, culminating in a victory in California just two days before he was tragically killed. A timeless work of political journalism, 85 Days captures the character and spirit of a man who came to symbolize an unforgettable era in America.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Avon BooksISBN-13:9780062463913ISBN-10:62463918UPC:9780062463913Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:American Government, Political Process, United StatesBook Topic:Executive Branch, Political Parties, 20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCGHT8T0C0
Witcover, Jules: -

Jules Witcover has been writing from Washington on politics and history since 1954, first for the Newhouse Newspapers, then the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Star and Baltimore Sun, and his column is syndicated by the [Chicago] Tribune Company. His twenty books include 85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy, The American Vice Presidency: From Irrelevance to Power, The Resurrection of Richard Nixon, The Year the Dream Died: Revisitng 1968 in America, accounts of the presidential elections from 1976 through 1992, and biographies of Vice Presidents Spiro Agnew and Joe Biden.

Witcover, Jules: -

Jules Witcover has been writing from Washington on politics and history since 1954, first for the Newhouse Newspapers, then the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Star and Baltimore Sun, and his column is syndicated by the [Chicago] Tribune Company. His twenty books include 85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy, The American Vice Presidency: From Irrelevance to Power, The Resurrection of Richard Nixon, The Year the Dream Died: Revisitng 1968 in America, accounts of the presidential elections from 1976 through 1992, and biographies of Vice Presidents Spiro Agnew and Joe Biden.

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