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2 comments about The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (Cornerstones of Freedom. Second Series).

1. This is an excellent starter book for reaching the younger generations about the late Senator Robert Kennedy, a man who was and remains a central figure in history. The author, to his credit treats his subject AND his viewers with respect.

   In 1968 when the Senator was assassinated, I was then a very little girl. His death was the very first death that reached me on a personal level. I remember feeling that I had lost a friend I had never met. My mother told me on 6/6/68 that instead of hating the "man who shot Senator Kennedy," to pray for an end to violence and for his [the Senator's] immediate family. I never forgot. This book brings back a lot of those memories to the forefront and, as an additional bonus includes young readers to develop a sense of the times of Robert Kennedy and the issues and questions he faced during his life time.

   I feel this is a good book.




2. I certainly remember where I was. My father was stationed in Japan and we were outside his office in the car, waiting for him to get off from work. There was only Armed Forces Radio to listen to and when they broke in we assumed it was the standard sort of bulletin where some airman was asked to report to his office. Instead it was the news that Bobby Kennedy had been shot after winning the California primary.

   Of coure Andrew Santella's "The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy" is about RFK's entire life and not just his death. In his conclusion Santella talks of how "Kennedy never got the change to offer his hopeful vision of the future as the president of the United States." Santella tells of Kennedy's life in politics, from serving as assistant counsel to Senator Joe McCarthy's subcommittee to being his brother's Attorney General in the Kennedy Administration to being elected to the U.S. Senate from New York (the first famous "outsider" to do so).

   Santella makes a point of often using extensive quotations from Kennedy to give a sense of his political positions. This book is illustrated with black and white photographs, even on the cover, which is perhaps an effort to reinforce the somber tone of the subject matter. There is one photograph of Kennedy lying on the floor after having been shot, but it is not as lurid as some of the others I have seen. Young readers will follow Santella's lead and conclude that Kennedy was going to win the Democratic nomination for the Presidency and will wonder at the whims of fate that led the Senator to take a last second alternative route that led him right to the assassin.

   "The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy" is another one of the outstanding Cornerstones of Freedom series, which is an excellent first choice for teachers or students who want to get beyond the brief coverage of events afforded by even the best history textbook. Certainly this is an abbreviated version of RFK�s life and ideology, but this book is just the first step in learning about these things.

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1 comments about Assassination: the death of President John F. Kennedy (A Signet book).

1. An amazing story about the Life & Death of President John F. Kennedy. This book tells a compelling story about the events leading up to, during and immediately after the fatal day in Dallas Texas when President John F. Kennedy was rolling down the streets of Dallas in the Motorcade when shots rang out..suddenly our beloved JFK was dead. This book tells the facts and gives you so many amazing black & white photographs showing the Motorcade, the chaos when the shots began, the funeral procession and more. It is a must for any collector of presidential items, and in particular of John F. Kennedy.

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