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5.0 out of 5 starsRobert Kennedy: His Life
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2014
Robert Kennedy: His Life was an excellent book to read. I enjoyed it more than Robert F. Kennedy and His Times because Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s was very biases toward Robert Kennedy. That is find because he did tell interesting stories that I did enjoy. This one was different in that it shows "warts and all" which is what you really want in reading someone's life! I found that he had dyslexia and it explained why he told his father in a letter that he was working very hard in school. Dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of...I have a child with it and when you find out what is going on with your child and how to help them can make all the difference in your child succeeding. That is not a problem he had because his father was there to give him whatever he needed. He felt because he was the "third" son, he definitely had something to prove to his father.
Robert Kennedy was NOT afraid of anything and if he was you would never know because he stepped up whenever and wherever it was needed. He was tough but very tender to his children. He took time with them and explained as his own parents had that they were very fortunate and it was important for them to "give back." As a senator he went to Alabama or Mississippi and saw this child with a distended belly "because he was hunger," and told them that was not their case. I remember seeing that because their was a camera man their and he caressed the child's face. That was "real" and everyone knew it.
The one thing will we never know is how much good he could have done the country. How would the world now be if Robert Kennedy had not been murdered? It was a sad time and time when that happened and I know I will never forget him and what he stood for. Reading this is a must if you want to know Robert Kennedy!
