American Son: A Portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr.The last defining years of John F. Kennedy, Jr. At thirty-four, John F. Kennedy, Jr. was still a man in search of his destiny. In 1995, all that changed when Kennedy launched George, a bold and irreverent magazine about American politics. Over the next four years, Kennedy's passionate commitment to the magazine-- and to the ideals it stood for-- transformed him. One witness to this transformation was Richard Blow, an editor and writer who joined George several months before the release of its first issue. During their four years together, Blow observed his boss rise to enormous challenges-- starting a risky new business, managing the pressures that attend a high public profile, and beginning life as a married man. In American Son, with Blow as our guide, we see the many sides of Kennedy's personality: the rebel who fearlessly takes on politicians and pundits; the gentleman who sends gracious thank-you notes to his colleagues for their wedding gifts; the vulnerable son struggling under the weight of a mythic family legacy. Simply and sympathetically, Richard Blow offers an affecting portrait of a complicated man at last coming into his own-- sometimes gracefully, sometimes under siege, never without the burden of great expectations. #1 New York Times Bestseller; includes a new introduction |
Contents
ONE | 6 |
TWO | 30 |
THREE | 50 |
FOUR | 65 |
FIVE | 85 |
SIX | 113 |
SEVEN | 129 |
EIGHT | 147 |
TEN | 190 |
ELEVEN | 208 |
TWELVE | 234 |
THIRTEEN | 263 |
FOURTEEN | 285 |
FIFTEEN | 309 |
SIXTEEN | 328 |
NINE | 168 |
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