01905cam a2200301 4500 605740522 TxAuBib 20110418120000.0 240208s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2009-931859 9780446539258 regular edition 0446539252 regular edition (OCoLC)434905205 TxAuBib Kennedy, Edward M, 1932-2009. True Compass : A Memoir / Edward M. Kennedy. 1st ed. New York : Twelve, 2009. x, 532 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-514) and index. The torch -- pt. 1. Family -- Safe harbor -- No crying in this house -- Wartime London -- Boarding school boy -- The Harvard screwup -- pt. 2. Brotherhood -- Kennedy for President -- Becoming a politician -- The New Frontier -- Drinks with the Senator -- 1963 -- Falling to earth -- Thunder -- Bobby -- pt. 3. On my own -- The shock of silence -- The hospital -- Nixonian radicals -- Backlash in Boston -- Sailing against the wind -- The Reagan years -- The family business -- pt. 4. Renewal -- The woman who changed my life -- Campaigning for political survival -- The Clinton years -- The living Rose -- Senator -- Perseverance. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events. 20121112. United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Personal narratives. United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography. Legislators -- United States -- Biography. Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 Biography.