01754cam a2200277 4500 121323622 TxAuBib 20090928120000.0 090831s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009931859 9780446539258 0446539252 UPZ UPZ JRZ JOY DCB ABG MOF RCJ BWX YDXCP ZPK TxAuBib Kennedy, Edward M, 1932-2009, (Edward Moore.) True compass [HC] : a memoir / Edward M. Kennedy. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Twelve, 2009. x, 532 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The torch -- Family. Safe harbor ; No crying in this house ; Wartime London ; Boarding school boy ; The Harvard screwup -- Brotherhood. Kennedy for President ; Becoming a politician ; The New Frontier ; Drinks with the Senator ; 1963 ; Falling to earth ; Thunder ; Bobby -- On my own. the shock of silence ; The hospital ; Nixonian radicals ; Backlash in Boston ; Sailing against the wind ; The Reagan years ; The family business -- Renewal. the woman who changed my life ; Campaigning for political survival ; The Clinton years ; The living Rose ; Senator ; Perseverance. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events. 20090928. Kennedy, Edward M Edward Moore 1932-2009. United States Congress Senate Biography. Legislators United States Biography.