THE KENNEDY BROTHERS: JOE, JACK, BOBBY AND TED A LEGACY IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Book ID/图书代码： 01899009B31473
English Summary/英文概要： Through more than 120 stunning photographs and the text of Pulitzer Prize-winner Walter Mears, The Kennedy Brothers provides a fascinating look at the lives of perhaps the most influential men in modern American politics. From Joe Jr.’s predetermined course to Jack’s unlikely success and from Robert’s reluctant but rapid rise to Ted’s long road to becoming a lion in the Senate, the story of the Kennedy brothers is an ongoing part of modern American history.
Included are highlights from their childhoods in New York, Hyannis Port, and London; their days at Harvard, in the Senate, and in the Oval Office; and their roles as devoted members of the Kennedy clan.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1914年，约瑟夫•肯尼迪与波士顿市长约翰•F•菲茨垧拉德之女罗丝•菲茨杰拉德结婚，他们夫妇有９个孩子，在政治上有潜力的自然是４个男孩。这４个男孩是大儿子小约瑟夫•肯尼迪、二儿子约翰•肯尼迪、三儿子罗伯特•肯尼迪、四儿子爱德华•肯尼迪。肯尼迪家族有一个长久怀有的梦想：总统之梦，这个家族中一定要有人成为美国的总统。
四个儿子中最有资格成为总统的是大儿子小约瑟夫。１９４４年奉命去炸毁纳粹德国的Ｖ－１飞弹发射架。在执行任务时，他驾驶的飞机因故障在英国上空爆炸，他和副驾驶被炸得粉身碎骨。
在长子遇难后，家中的希望更多地寄托在二儿子约翰•肯尼迪身上，他在政治上最大的成功是１９６０年当选美国总统。１９６３年１１月２２日，他到达拉斯城为连任拉选票，从街旁一座大楼射出的子弹击中了肯尼迪的头部，打碎了他的脑壳，肯尼迪被刺身亡。
肯尼迪总统遇刺后，担任司法部长的罗伯特•肯尼迪成了肯尼迪家族的当家人。不幸的是再一次公众集会上，有个年轻人对他头部开枪，罗伯特死在医院中。
三个哥哥死于非命，爱德华•肯尼迪颀果仅存，他也在努力向政治巅峰冲刺，１９６９年当选为参议院民主党副领袖，有希望成为１９７２年总统竞选的热门人物。但在１９６９年７月发生的一件意外事件断送了他的前程。一天晚上他开车带着漂亮的金发姑娘科佩克内小姐回旅馆，在过一座小桥时汽车冲入河中。爱德华逃生，姑娘却死在车中，而且爱德华报案还很不及时。这一事件损害了肯尼迪家族的名誉，也使得爱德华不得不放弃竞选总统。2009年8月25日晚，在与恶性脑瘤顽强搏斗逾一年后，美国政治世家肯尼迪家族族长、马萨诸塞州联邦参议员爱德华•肯尼迪去世，享年77岁。他也是肯尼迪四兄弟中唯一因自然原因死亡的人。(RY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Walter R. Mears, an Associated Press legend, reported on national politics from 1960 to 2001 as one of the "boys on the bus" and was said to be the most influential political writer of his time because his AP stories appeared in virtually every American newspaper. He recieved the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1977 for his coverage of the 1976 presidential campaign and election. He retired after the 2001 presidential inauguration and now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Hal Buell is a photo editor with more than 40 years’ experience at the Associated Press, where he was in charge of the photo wire service for 25 years. His previous books include Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs; Photo Oops!; World War II Album: The Complete Chronicle of the World’s Greatest Conflict; and We Were There: Vietnam.
Walter R. Mears ，1977年曾获普利策奖，美联社的传奇人物，被誉为最有影响力的政治作家。
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