{"product_id":"schlesinger-by-richard-aldous-9780393244700","title":"Schlesinger","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first major biography of preeminent historian and intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a defining figure in Kennedy's White House.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917-2007), known today as the architect of John F. Kennedy’s presidential legacy, blazed an extraordinary path from Harvard University to wartime London to the West Wing. The son of a pioneering historian—and a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner in his own right—Schlesinger redefined the art of presidential biography. \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Days\u003c\/em\u003e, his best-selling and immensely influential record of the Kennedy administration, cemented Schlesinger's place as one of the nation's greatest political image makers and a key figure of the American intellectual elite—a peer and contemporary of Reinhold Niebuhr, Isaiah Berlin, and Adlai Stevenson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first major biography of this defining figure in Kennedy's Camelot, \u003cem\u003eSchlesinger: The Imperial Historian\u003c\/em\u003e presents a dramatic life and career set against the backdrop of the American Century. Biographer Richard Aldous draws on oral history, rarely seen archival documents, and the official Schlesinger papers to craft a portrait of the incandescently brilliant and controversial historian who framed America’s ascent to global empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e8 pages of illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855831159020,"sku":"9780393244700","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393244700.jpg?v=1759280512","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/schlesinger-by-richard-aldous-9780393244700","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}