Rating:  Summary: AN INTERESTING OVERLAPPING OF FRATERNAL LIVES Review: This is an excellent biography of two of the most famous brothers in history. I found myself much more interested in Robert Kennedy, the Attorney General - Senator. Since he worked closely with his brother, it is impossible to write about him without including President Kennedy and his input.Robert Kennedy was, in my opinion the more interesting of the two. In addition to having a more extensive legal background, he was plainly a man who set and met personal goals. He was dogged and determined and his hard work yielded success. From football to ferreting out teamsters and mafiosi, Robert Kennedy exemplified the meaning of persistence. He was certainly a very sympathetic figure in history and I have always believed that he sincerely cared about people. I remember when I was a very little girl I would see him on the evening news with a group of neighborhood kids who were drawn tho him like metal filings to a magnet. I remember thinking, "he really does care." My mother took me into the voting booth when he ran for office and I am proud to say that I am the youngest person who voted for him. She used to say that "Senator [Robert] Kennedy is a man who cares about people." I believed that. From elementary school to college, he was the historical figure I chose to research and write about when given the chance to decide. My college senior project was "Robert Kennedy: A Contemporary Figure" and it was the best paper I ever wrote. My then senior sponsor lauded it and I think today that it was my interest in the subject and my beliefs that made it a good work. In response to the paper I wrote then, I still say that Robert Kennedy is a prominent figure in history who is certainly relevant now. This book is a keeper.
Rating:  Summary: Sons and Brothers Review: This is an exciting and informative journey through the lives of Jack and Bobby Kennedy. Last December I was doing a twenty page report on Robert Kennedy and I used Sons and Brothers as one of my sources. But i finished reading the book last week. I enjoyed this book because although it presented some of the Kennedys' dark side it showed them both as good men. It also presents the case for conspiracy. This book was by no means boring and anyone interested in the Kennedys should read this. This also got me to thinking how different America would be today if Robert Kennedy had become president instead of Richard Nixon.
Rating:  Summary: one star is far too much Review: this is not a biography,it's a fiction and it's stupid, boring. the author was surely drunk when he wrote it. this book is a shame to the legacy of the kennedys. there are a few photos. buy abetter book like: rfk and his times....
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