Jack & Bobby [Hardcover]

Tom Murphy (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: MetroBooks (NY); First Edition edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567995918
• ISBN-13: 978-1567995916
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 11.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,979,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Portrait of Two Brothers, June 8, 2000

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ANNE K. JOHNSON - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jack & Bobby (Hardcover)

Jack and Bobby by Tom Murphy (published by Metro Books), is a photographic portrait of two brothers who have left their indelible mark on history. Filled with pages of captioned black and white photographs, this book offers an insight into the lives of the Kennedys through Jack and Bobby's political lives, their families, and their pain. It covers the men from their childhood through the death of Robert F. Kennedy. I recommend this book to any reader interested in the Kennedy family and their standing in United States history.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FRATERNAL LIVES INTERTWINED IN FRATERNAL LOYALTY, August 22, 2000

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BeatleBangs1964 (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jack & Bobby (Hardcover)

It is impossible to write about Robert Kennedy without including his brother, John Kennedy. Robert Kennedy was the brother who exemplified fraternal loyalty in his tireless efforts to promote Jack and to serve him during his tenure as president. Robert Kennedy was the man who, to some extent worked behind the scenes to promote his older brother. It has been said that a more devoted or more dedicated show of brotherly love in public office has yet to be found.

The one down side to Robert Kennedy's efforts is that he often sublimated his own identity, interests and needs so as to promote his brother. It is only in the tragic aftermath of President Kennedy's death does Robert Kennedy fully emerge as his own person. The same hard work ethic he applied behind the scenes is shown to the public at large. Robert Kennedy does indeed find his voice and his forte, which is commanding the interest and attention of his public. The man who would be president in 1968 becomes a symbol of hope -- he is the voice representing the disenfranchised, the minorities and those living in poverty. He is the man who becomes personally involved with a large segment of the population that had, up until recent history been excluded from many public fora. It is to Robert Kennedy's credit that he makes himself aware of such issues. Indeed, this book treats the brothers with respect and as with any work about Robert Kennedy, one is always left with the question of what would have been had this man lived to be elected president in 1968.

5.0 out of 5 stars buy it!!!!!, June 14, 2003

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H. Georges (montréal, canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jack & Bobby (Hardcover)

the books is set up of photographies of the kennedy brothers, there is a lot of rares photos of the greetest men in the american history.
I suggest to all the kennedy fans to buy it.