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John F. Kennedy's Reading List
Reading was a habit Kennedy developed in his childhood and kept throughout his life. “Roosevelt got most of his ideas from talking to people,” Kennedy told an associate, “I got most of mine from reading.”
Kennedy’s first book, Why England Slept, examines the reasons England failed to prevent World War II, drawing on observations from his European travels and the access afforded to him by his diplomat father.
Kennedy’s second book, Profiles in Courage, examines acts of political bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators including John Quincy Adams and Daniel Webster. The book became a best seller and was translated into several languages. In 1957 it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. |