The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-05-27
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0805077928
ISBN-13: 9780805077926
The definitive account of Robert Kennedy’s exhilarating and tragic 1968 campaign for president—a revelatory history that is especially resonant nowAfter John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Robert Kennedy—formerly Jack’s no-holds-barred political warrior—almost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother’s murder, and by the nation’s seeming inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, and the war in Vietnam. Bobby sensed the country’s pain, and when he announced that he was running for president, the country united behind his hopes. Over t...