Listening In
Authors: Ted Widmer
PRESIDENT KENNEDY SPEAKS INTO HIS DICTAPHONE IN THE OVAL OFFICE, FEBRUARY 12, 1962
PRESIDENT KENNEDY ADDRESSES AMVETS CONVENTION BY PHONE, AUGUST 23, 1962
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Listening in : the secret White House recordings of John F. Kennedy / Kennedy Library Foundation ; selected and introduced by Ted Widmer ; foreword by Caroline Kennedy. - 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4013-2456-8
1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963-Archives. 2. United States-Politics and government-1961-1963-Sources. I. Widmer, Edward L. II. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
E841.L57 2012
973.922092-dc23
2012014803
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PAGES FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S WHITE HOUSE APPOINTMENT BOOK, AS PREPARED BY THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL SECRETARY, EVELYN LINCOLN
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COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
BY CAROLINE KENNEDY
INTRODUCTION
BY TED WIDMER
RADIO INTERVIEW, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, 1940