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America's Reluctant Prince
As a graduate student and teaching assistant at Brown University, first met John Kennedy, Jr. when John was a student in one of his classes. During that time, they formed a lifelong friendship. After graduating from Brown, Gillon became a noted scholar and historian at Yale, Oxford, and the University of Oklahoma as well as a scholar in residence at the History Channel. Not wanting to capitalize on his relationship with Kennedy, Gillon declined to write about John Kennedy Jr. until Kennedy’s personal assistant encouraged him. She approached him and said, “If John knew he would be dead at the age of thirty eight, he would want someone to write a book about him, and he would want you to write it”.
Gillon reveals the challenges and burdens John faced throughout his life as the son of a beloved, dynamic President who inspired the nation with hope for a better future. It seemed that millions of people expected him to follow in his father’s footsteps and pursue a career in politics and eventually run for the office of President himself. John felt that the
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AMERICA'S RELUCTANT PRINCE
An unvarnished vignette of representation Kennedy scion who seemed to charge all his parents’ charisma—and who reduce a melancholy, early end.
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America's Reluctant Prince
- The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
- By: Steven M. Gillon
- Narrated by: Tim Andrés Pabon
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A major new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. from a leading historian who was also a close friend, America’s Reluctant Prince is a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon
- 2 out of 5 stars
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