I first owned this book sometime around 1969 or 70. Somewhere along the way it was lost. I was glad to find this used copy. Obviously not new, but in good condition and I’m very glad I found it again. Jack Newfield knew Robert Kennedy and in some sense this is a personal memoir of a friend. Sometimes critical, but with a deep understanding of this good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Personally, I still morn Robert F. Kennedy’s senseless death after 55 years. To me he was America’s last great hope.
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Robert Kennedy: A Memoir. Hardcover – January 1, 1969
by
jack newfield
(Author)
Robert Kennedy: A Memoir. ASIN: 0525193154.
- Print length350 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDutton
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1969
- ISBN-100525193154
- ISBN-13978-0525193159
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- Publisher : Dutton; 1st Edition (January 1, 1969)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 350 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0525193154
- ISBN-13 : 978-0525193159
- Item Weight : 1.45 pounds
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,061,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2023
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2016
This is probably the most forthright and honest book out there on Bobby Kennedy's last years. Jack Newfield was with him during much of the turbulent times of the 1960s, and I have loved these insights, both good and bad into Bobby's character, making me love Bobby even more. My only complaint is that it doesn't go into the turbulent Democratic convention in 1968, and how Bobby's death affected that.
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024
Product was advertised with dust over but was not with the book. Disappointing!
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2003
A good, well written book; however, it is written like a journalist and not as a historians perspective, meaning it short and at times not cumbersome enough. However, for one who just wants to casually read about the events immediatly preceding Kennedy's death than this book would be a first choice.
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2003
I've read many books on the Kennedy family, especially Bobby. This book is not like most. Few books can make enjoyable reading out of a story told many times before. It is hard to read the same praise and criticism over and over. Newfield's memoir is simple, truthful, and an excellent read.
His writing isn't stuffy or obtuse, he is a journalist, not a historian. The book is short, but covers the last four years in some detail, and the last few months even closer.
If you are sick of reading that RFK and JFK were perfect, or that they were decietful men who used and abused thier power, this is the book for you. Newfield's own Introduction will admit that he initially hated Bobby. Only through exposure did a deep admiration develop, although Bobby was still flawed.
Read it- it's worth it.
His writing isn't stuffy or obtuse, he is a journalist, not a historian. The book is short, but covers the last four years in some detail, and the last few months even closer.
If you are sick of reading that RFK and JFK were perfect, or that they were decietful men who used and abused thier power, this is the book for you. Newfield's own Introduction will admit that he initially hated Bobby. Only through exposure did a deep admiration develop, although Bobby was still flawed.
Read it- it's worth it.
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2000
"And we were alone" is the final sentence of Jack Newfield's masterful analysis and memoir of Robert F. Kennedy and is an apt metaphor for how Newfield feels about RFK and about what has happened to America in the years following the assasination.
The book follows a two part format; the first acting as an analysis of the character of Kennedy and the second an insider depiciton of the last hectic, hopeful months of Kennedy's life. Newfield,a reporter for the New York Post, had a relationship with Kennedy which spanned the 1960's and through his eyes we see a man growing from a hard, tough, even ruthless pursuer of justice and family interests into a physical voice for those who were unable to speak for themselves. Newfield never glosses over Kennedy's personal faults and slides, but the result of that open-eyed honesty is a portrayal of a man who never stopped growing and who, until the end if his life, never stopped searching for the truth about himself, his country and his world.
The book follows a two part format; the first acting as an analysis of the character of Kennedy and the second an insider depiciton of the last hectic, hopeful months of Kennedy's life. Newfield,a reporter for the New York Post, had a relationship with Kennedy which spanned the 1960's and through his eyes we see a man growing from a hard, tough, even ruthless pursuer of justice and family interests into a physical voice for those who were unable to speak for themselves. Newfield never glosses over Kennedy's personal faults and slides, but the result of that open-eyed honesty is a portrayal of a man who never stopped growing and who, until the end if his life, never stopped searching for the truth about himself, his country and his world.
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2003
this biography begins in 1964,and it's the most boing part of his life. He only speeks of the elections and not about the man.
It sometimes very boring, but there is a lot of information about bob.
It sometimes very boring, but there is a lot of information about bob.