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Title: Sweet Caroline : Last Child of Camelot by Christopher Andersen ISBN: 0-06-621369-X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Kennedy Book Ever Written
Comment: Caroline's my favorite Kennedy and I think this book did her some justice. There has never been a book written solely on Caroline and I thought it was about time that one was done on her. I don't think any Caroline Kennedy fan could ask for a better one.
Some people thought Caroline was a snob for apparently snubbing First Lady Laura Bush at the April 2001 Jackie costume exhibit at the Met. What they don't realize is that this "snub" was played up in the media. After all, Laura Bush had only been First Lady at the time for 3 months whereas Hillary Clinton had 8 years under her belt.
This is just an example of how sometimes Caroline's actions get misinterpreted by the press. I think how well she handles the onslaught of attention and being in the public eye is another reason to admire the woman, along with the fact that she has endured so many personal tragedies and has risen above them to carry on the legacies of her parents and brother.
Rating: 5
Summary: For biography-philes
Comment: I love biographies! I must have read a dozen about Elizabeth the First, and several about Abraham Lincoln. I always expect to find the same basic information, but there is usually another perspective or additional information in each of them. And so I genuinely appreciate Christopher Andersen's work on today's icons. The information is obviously fresh, and from direct sources. And all the Kennedy books seem to complete a picture of this family of which some of us may never get our fill.
The Caroline book was a surprise and a delight to me: I actually never expected to find out so much about the life of this secret princess. I'll keep this one, along with all the others, for my grandchildren.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not only "same old, same old"... but inaccurate
Comment: I have read all of the Kennedy biographies and there is very little new information in this biography. The first part has been covered in all of the others, and the second part has been covered in the tabloids, which makes we question the accuracy of anything here that has not been lifted from another source. I noted two parts of this book that do not appear to be in keeping with what has been well documented. 1. The books states, that on April 4, 1968, Caroline was in her classroom when a teacher came in and whispered to her teacher that Martin Luther King had been shot. Quick research on the Web states this happened at about 4:30PM EST..Are 11 year olds in class at that time? 2. The books states that when visiting the White House JFK Jr. told then President Nixon, that he used to play under his desk. Everyone knows that the famous Kennedy desk was removed when he died, and not used again until it was brought back by President Clinton.
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Title: A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell ISBN: 0399151729 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 25 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years by Edward Klein ISBN: 031231292X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Reflections: Life After the White House by Barbara Bush ISBN: 0743223594 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 20 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings by Thomas Maier ISBN: 0465043178 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 03 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek ISBN: 0316172383 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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