Schlesinger

Arthur Schlesinger Jr (19172007), known today as the architect of John F. Kennedys presidential legacyand the myth of Camelotblazed an extraordinary path from Harvard University to war-time London to the West Wing. The son of a pioneering historianand a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner in his own rightSchlesinger redefined the art of presidential biography. A Thousand Days, remains influential and has cemented Schlesingers place as one of the nations greatest political image-makers. In this vivid account, Richard Aldous draws on oral history, rarely seen archival documents and the official Schlesinger papers to craft a portrait of a brilliant and controversial historian who framed Americas rise to global empirialism.