Before he became the thirty-fifth president of the United States, John F Kennedy was 'A Boy Called Jack'.
Sickly yet scrappy, charming but mischievous, Jack stood in the shadow of his brother, Joe Jr, almost two years older, and it seemed as if Joe would always triumph - in school, on the playing fields, and especially in his parents' affections. Among the nine children in the ambitious Kennedy family, Jack dared to be the sloppy, disobedient one, the dreamer and reader who could never stay healthy long enough to must his talents and organize himself for success.
Cooper's insightful, fast-paced narrative reminds readers afresh that history is not just a collection of facts but the collective creation of energetic, multifaceted, and surprisingly human individuals.
