‘Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy’ Dispels the Myths of Camelot
A ‘Kennedy worshiping’ kid who grew up to work at the JFK Library before evolving into a Reagan conservative looks at a president whose assassination has denied him a clear-eyed assessment.

‘Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy’
By Stephen Knott
University Press of Kansas, 280 pages
To Reagan conservative from “Kennedy worshiper” with a job at the JFK Library along the way; what a long, strange trip it has been for Stephen Knott. Now, in “Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy,” readers can walk it with him for some overdue picking at an American hero’s feet of clay.
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