Counselor : a life at the edge of history /: a life at the edge of history. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ted Sorensen.
• Other Names: Sorensen, Theodore C
• Contents: I: Lincoln, Nebraska, 1928-1951 -- Roots -- Mother -- Father -- Childhood and siblings -- Education -- Conscience -- II: Washington, D.C., 1951-1964 -- Move to Washington, D.C. -- Joining Senator Kennedy -- Relationship with JFK -- My perspective on JFK's personal life -- My evolving role on JFK's Senate staff -- Speechwriting -- My role in Profiles in courage -- A Catholic candidate for president? -- Senator Kennedy's quest for the presidency -- The 1960-1961 presidential transition -- Special counsel to the president -- The president's speeches -- President Kennedy's ministry of talent -- My relations with Vice President Lyndon Johnson -- My relations with President Kennedy's family -- Kennedy's civil rights initiative -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- President Kennedy's foreign policy -- My role in press relations -- Planning for JFK's reelection and second term -- The death of President Kennedy -- President Johnson's 1963 transition -- III: New York City, 1965-2007 -- Return to private life and authorship -- New life in New York -- Practicing law -- My continuing involvement in politics -- My 1977 nomination for Director of Central Intelligence -- Family and health.
• Publisher Details: Pymble, NSW New York : HarperCollins e-books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 973.922092; Political consultants -- United States -- Biography; Speechwriters -- United States -- Biography; Lawyers -- United States -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical; HISTORY; Friendship; Lawyers; Political consultants; Politics and government; Speechwriters; United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963; New York (N.Y.) -- Biography; New York (State) -- New York; United States; Electronic books; Biography; Friends and associates
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061647857; 0061647853; 9780061647864; 0061647861; 9780061732621; 0061732621
• Related ISBNs: 9780060798727; 0060798726
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