In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator
Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his
legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of
national events.
TRUE COMPASS
The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose
Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much
was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the
presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy, recounted
here in loving detail. In 1962 he was elected to the U.S. Senate,
where he began a fascinating political education and became a
legislator.
In this historic memoir, Ted Kennedy remembers life with his
parents and brothers and explains their profound impact on him. For
the first time, he recounts his years of struggle in the wake of
their deaths. Through it all, he describes his work in the Senate
on the major issues of our time--civil rights, Vietnam, Watergate,
Northern Ireland--and the cause of his life: improved health care
for all Americans, a fight influenced by his own experiences in
hospitals.
His life has been marked by tragedy, perseverance, a love of
family, and an abiding faith. There have been controversies, too,
and Kennedy addresses them with unprecedented candor. At midlife,
embattled and uncertain if he would ever fall in love again, he met
the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy. Facing a
tough reelection campaign against an aggressive challenger named
Mitt Romney, Kennedy began one of the great third acts in American
politics, sponsoring major legislation, standing up for liberal
principles, and making the pivotal endorsement of Barack Obama for
president.
TRUE COMPASS will endure as the definitive account from a member of
America's most heralded family, an inspiring legacy to readers and
to history, and a deeply moving story of a life like no other.
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