Today is the end of an era in America. The last of the Camelot Kennedy brothers passed away from brain cancer.
Edward Kennedy is the only Kennedy I will ever remember. Both John and Robert had been assassinated before I was born. I wish I had known all of the Kennedy brothers before the scandals so that I could have felt what many other Americans feel when they think of the Kennedy family. Regardless, we lost a unique American voice today.
In honor of Edward Kennedy and his family, I have three books to giveaway:
Update (8/28/09)
I now have a total of four copies of Set Your Compass True. Thanks Vanessa!
From HarperCollins: This remarkable collection of quotations by John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy offers a wealth of advice and wisdom on leading a meaningful life. Within the book, the brothers opine, advise, and muse on many of life’s issues and questions, from taking risks to solitude.
At once poignant, witty, and insightful, this small anthology—which includes twenty-four pages of beautiful photography of the Kennedys over the course of their lives—is a treasure for seekers of all ages.
I have a hardcover version. I have skimmmed through it and it has some wonderful pictures and, of course, inspiring quotes.
If you are interested in this book, let me know in your comments. I have four hardcover copies to giveaway thanks to Vanessa at HarperCollins! I’ll use List Randomizer to select the winner(s).
From HarperCollins: The life of Edward M. Kennedy is a chronicle of our country’s past fifty years. An authoritative and wonderfully readable biography, Edward M. Kennedy brings to life one of the most accomplished and fascinating men to walk the halls of Capitol Hill. Drawing on interviews with the Senator and those close to him, Adam Clymer follows Kennedy through his highs and lows—through Chappaquiddick, his public divorce, and his relationship with political figures such as the Clintons, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama—placing Kennedy’s career in a historical perspective and observing how his family legacy has affected his political performance.
If you are interested in this book, let me know in your comments. If more than one request comes in before Saturday, August 29th, I’ll use List Randomizer to select a winner.
From HarperCollins: In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy’s closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history.
Sorensen returns to January 1953, when he and the freshman senator from Massachusetts began their extraordinary professional and personal relationship. Rising from legislative assistant to speechwriter and advisor, the young lawyer from Nebraska worked closely with JFK on his most important speeches, as well as his book Profiles in Courage. Sorensen encouraged the junior senator’s political ambitions—from a failed bid for the vice presidential nomination in 1956 to the successful presidential campaign in 1960, after which he was named Special Counsel to the President.
Sorensen describes in thrilling detail his experience advising JFK during some of the most crucial days of his presidency, from the decision to go to the moon to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when JFK requested that the thirty-four-year-old Sorensen draft the key letter to Khrushchev at the most critical point of the world’s first nuclear confrontation. After Kennedy was assassinated, Sorensen stayed with President Johnson for a few months before leaving to write a biography of JFK. In 1968 he returned to Washington to help run Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Through it all, Sorensen never lost sight of the ideals that brought him to Washington and to the White House, working tirelessly to promote and defend free, peaceful societies.
Illuminating, revelatory, and utterly compelling, Counselor is the brilliant, long-awaited memoir from the remarkable man who shaped the presidency and the legacy of one of the greatest leaders America has ever known.
If you are interested in this book, let me know in your comments. If more than one request comes in before Saturday, August 29th, I’ll use List Randomizer to select a winner.
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Many thanks to Vanessa and others at HarperCollins for sending me copies of this book.
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It truly is an end of an era, Jennifer.
Edward Kennedy is the only Kennedy I will ever remember,too.
Thanks for posting this.
I love the Kennedy’s and I have been so sad since I heard of Ted’s death this morning at 2am when my husband woke me up to tell me. I would really love to win the book: Set your compass true
I would go to Boston to pay my respects if I wasn’t such a wimpy driver. Any of the these books would be great though. Thanks for the Chance
May his soul RIP!
Thanks for posting this. The Kennedys are certainly fascinating. Can this comment count as an entry toward all of the giveaways?
Fantastic Post. The Kennedy family have been in my thoughts all day. Any of these books sound fantastic. I’m with Katie above, does one post expressing interest in any of them count or do we need separate posts? Thanks!
One comment is enough. Just mention that in the comments.
Having been in India all my life, I knew a little about the Kennedy brothers but not really too much. I learnt so much after watching the show dedicated to Ted Kennedy yesterday on TV. I’d like to be entered for “set your compass true”.
Thanks!
It’s certainly the end of an era. I was just a wee toddler when JFK was killed and only a young girl when RFK was killed but that I do remember.
I’d love to read “Counselor” since Ted Sorensen is from Nebraska.
Set Your Compass True would be an excellent addition to my Kennedy collection of books. I adore the Kennedys and studying their lives and the politics of the 1960s, etc. I was deeply saddened by Ted’s death, and still not quite over it. I met him briefly at a political function in Mass. ages ago when I was much more active than I am now. He was always warm and listened to everyone he spoke to.
I really am looking forward to reading his autobiography True Compass due out in Sept. I posted a tribute to Ted Kennedy last night: http://www.examiner.com/x-14902-DC-Literature-Examiner~y2009m8d26-The-passing-of-Senator-Edward-Kennedy-of-Massachusetts
Feel free to check it out…
Thanks for a great giveaway. His voice, spirit, and presence will be sorely missed during the healthcare reform debates.
I feel fortunate that I can remember the excitement and optimism of JFK’s election, and the sadness at his death. What a remarkable family. I would love to have the collection of quotes and/or the Edward Kennedy biography. Thanks for the post and the giveaway.
Don’t forget the Kennedy sisters– Eunice Kennedy Shriver recently passed away herself, and was a great contributor–founder of Special Olympics and all that.
Does this mean, with Teddy’s passing, all the Kennedy siblings are now passed away?
Thanks for this thoughtful give-away, and all the books look good, but to me especially “Set Your Compass True” or “Counselor” look good.
I’d love to be entered for Counseler, because of all the Kennedy brothers, JFK is most interesting to me.
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Ted Kennedy was also the only Kennedy I ever knew, with Jack and Bobby being sort of mythological figures to me. I’ve always been fascinated by their family and their incredible devotion to helping those less fortunate. Please enter me in the giveaway for all three of these books; any and all would be treasured additions to my bookshelf.