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JFK @ 100

May 29, 2017 | SuzyQ

May 29 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of John F. Kennedy. Learn more about our 35th president by checking out some of the Library's many resources.

An unfinished life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek
Ask not: the inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the speech that changed America by Thurston Clarke
The road to Camelot : inside JFK's five-year campaign by Thomas Oliphant

A behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy's wily campaign to the White House, beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956.

PT 109 : an American epic of war, survival, and the destiny of John F. Kennedy by William Doyle
Two days in June : John F. Kennedy and the 48 hours that made history by Andrew Cohen
JFK's last hundred days : the transformation of a man and the emergence of a great president by Thurston Clarke
The Kennedy half-century : the presidency, assassination, and lasting legacy of John F. Kennedy by Larry Sabato
A thousand days; John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur M. Schlesinger
The Kennedy White House : family life and pictures, 1961-1963 by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Remembering Jack : intimate and unseen photographs of the Kennedys by Jacques Lowe
John Fitzgerald Kennedy : a life in pictures by Yann-Brice Dherbier
Profiles in courage by John F. Kennedy
Prelude to leadership : the European diary of John F. Kennedy, summer 1945 by John F. Kennedy