New York: Harper, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author to Nevada State Senator Farrell L. Seevers. Purchased by the son of the senator to whom it is inscribed. Includes both Kennedy’s and the inscribee’s business c
For thousands of Americans, The Kennedy Wit seemed "the perfect way to remember him," as one letter to the publisher expressed it, and the book became one of 1964's leading national best sellers . Illustrated with 35 photographic reproductions.
Written by John F. Kennedy in 1940 when he was still in college and reprinted in 1961 when he was president, this book is an appraisal of the tragic events of the thirties that led to World War II. It is an account of England's unpreparedness for war and
John F. Kennedy's inaugural address of 1961 was an unforgettable, stirring call to arms, in which he exhorted all Americans "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of that add
