John F. Kennedy was not only a president, but also a symbol for America's most cherished ideas. In "The Kennedy Obsession, " John Hellmann takes a thoroughly original approach to understanding Kennedy's star power and his carefully crafted public image. Tracing Kennedy's self-creation as diligent scholar, bashful hero, and sensitive rebel-cued by cultural figures such as Lord Byron, Ernest Hemingway, and Cary Grant-and the images of Kennedy in the aftermath of his assassination, Hellmann reveals the painstaking transformation of private life into public persona, of a man into perhaps the major American myth of our time.
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John F. Kennedy was not only a president, but also a symbol for America's most cherished ideas. In "The Kennedy Obsession, " John Hellmann takes a thoroughly original approach to understanding Kennedy's star power and his carefully crafted public image. Tracing Kennedy's self-creation as diligent scholar, bashful hero, and sensitive rebel-cued by cultural figures such as Lord Byron, Ernest Hemingway, and Cary Grant-and the images of Kennedy in the aftermath of his assassination, Hellmann reveals the painstaking transformation of private life into public persona, of a man into perhaps the major American myth of our time.
Imprint | Columbia University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | March 1999 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 7 - 13 working days |
First published | March 1999 |
Authors | John Hellmann |
Dimensions | 235 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 224 |
Edition | Revised |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-10799-0 |
Barcode | 9780231107990 |
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LSN | 0-231-10799-4 |