True Compass: A Memoir

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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.;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. 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.