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Jack and Lem explores the enduring friendship between John F. Kennedy and Kirk Lemoyne Billings (aka "Lem"). Jack Kennedy and Lem Billings met at Choate and remained friends until the Dallas gunfire that ended Kennedy's life thirty years later. Featuring interviews with Ben Bradlee, Gore Vidal, Ted Sorenson, friends, family, and many others, award -- winning journalist David Pitts begins the story with the early friendship between the men. Though Lem never held an official role in the Kennedy administration, his friendship and insight were much valued, so much so that he had his own room at the White House. This is the story of Jack and Lem and the climate for gays during he Kennedy era -- the story of a great friendship that grew and survived against the odds. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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That said, regurgitation of other biographies apart, I did enjoy picking up a few extra crumbs, especially from the correspondence between the pair. 'Dear Lemmer,' Jack writes, 'I believe I'm well on my way to health, strength and personal power, whatever personal power is. I can see that with time I will be powerful, graceful and magnetic'. And even David Pitts' overemphasis of Lem's love for Jack, sort of like a faithful hound, became more endearing and less pitiful as I read on. Who wouldn't want a friend like that?
'Not just another political book about JFK', as David Pitts disclaims in his afterword, but not far off - all the key chapters are in there, from Choate to Dallas, only with Lem and his homosexuality tacked on, plus accompanying photographs of Lem with the same expression over forty years. ( )