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The Resource Jack and Lem : John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings : the untold story of an extraordinary friendship, David Pitts

Jack and Lem : John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings : the untold story of an extraordinary friendship, David Pitts

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Summary
I'm not that kind of boy," Jack angrily wrote to Lem after his friend made a sexual advance. But Jack didn't end the relationship. From the time John F. Kennedy and Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings met at Choate, until the President's assassination thirty years later, Jack and Lem remained best friends. Lem was a virtual fixture in the Kennedy family who even had his own room at the White House. Drawing on hundreds of letters and telegrams between the two, plus Lem Billings's oral history and interviews with family and friends like Ben Bradlee, Gore Vidal, and Ted Sorensen, award-winning Kennedy scholar David Pitts tells the story of an unusual friendship that endured despite an era of rampant homophobia
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Da Capo Press pbk. edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 356 pages)
Note
Originally published: New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007
Contents
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE -- THE EARLIER PERIOD; 1 -- The Ties That Bind (Choate, 1933-35); 2 -- Rebels with a Cause (College, 1935-37); 3 -- Trip of a Lifetime (1937); 4 -- The Restless Years (1938-41); 5 -- Courage Under Fire (War, 1941-45); 6 -- Turning Point (1945); 7 -- Seeking the Torch (1946-59); 8 -- Room at the Top (The 1960 Election); PART TWO -- THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS; 9 -- One Fine Day (The Inauguration, 1961); 10 -- First Friend (1961-63); 11 -- A Touch of Class (1961-63); 12 -- Blood and Tears (November 22-25, 1963)
  • PART THREE -- LEM AFTER DALLAS13 -- The Sea Change (1933 v. 1973); 14 -- His Final Years (1963-81); Acknowledgments; APPENDICES; The Kennedys and the Billingses; Timeline; Source Notes; Bibliography; Index
Isbn
9780786732241
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Jack and Lem : John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings : the untold story of an extraordinary friendship
Title
Jack and Lem
Title remainder
John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings : the untold story of an extraordinary friendship
Statement of responsibility
David Pitts
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
I'm not that kind of boy," Jack angrily wrote to Lem after his friend made a sexual advance. But Jack didn't end the relationship. From the time John F. Kennedy and Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings met at Choate, until the President's assassination thirty years later, Jack and Lem remained best friends. Lem was a virtual fixture in the Kennedy family who even had his own room at the White House. Drawing on hundreds of letters and telegrams between the two, plus Lem Billings's oral history and interviews with family and friends like Ben Bradlee, Gore Vidal, and Ted Sorensen, award-winning Kennedy scholar David Pitts tells the story of an unusual friendship that endured despite an era of rampant homophobia
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
TEFOD
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1947-
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Pitts, David
Dewey number
973.922092
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E842.1
LC item number
.P58 2008eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Kennedy, John F.
  • Kennedy, John F.
  • Billings, K. Lemoyne
  • Presidents
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • HISTORY
  • Billings, K. Lemoyne
  • Kennedy, John F.
  • Friendship
  • Presidents
  • United States
Label
Jack and Lem : John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings : the untold story of an extraordinary friendship, David Pitts
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Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published: New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-344) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE -- THE EARLIER PERIOD; 1 -- The Ties That Bind (Choate, 1933-35); 2 -- Rebels with a Cause (College, 1935-37); 3 -- Trip of a Lifetime (1937); 4 -- The Restless Years (1938-41); 5 -- Courage Under Fire (War, 1941-45); 6 -- Turning Point (1945); 7 -- Seeking the Torch (1946-59); 8 -- Room at the Top (The 1960 Election); PART TWO -- THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS; 9 -- One Fine Day (The Inauguration, 1961); 10 -- First Friend (1961-63); 11 -- A Touch of Class (1961-63); 12 -- Blood and Tears (November 22-25, 1963)
  • PART THREE -- LEM AFTER DALLAS13 -- The Sea Change (1933 v. 1973); 14 -- His Final Years (1963-81); Acknowledgments; APPENDICES; The Kennedys and the Billingses; Timeline; Source Notes; Bibliography; Index
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First Da Capo Press pbk. edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 356 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780786732241
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
illustrations
Publisher number
EB00603041
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)880429147
Label
Jack and Lem : John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings : the untold story of an extraordinary friendship, David Pitts
Link
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published: New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-344) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE -- THE EARLIER PERIOD; 1 -- The Ties That Bind (Choate, 1933-35); 2 -- Rebels with a Cause (College, 1935-37); 3 -- Trip of a Lifetime (1937); 4 -- The Restless Years (1938-41); 5 -- Courage Under Fire (War, 1941-45); 6 -- Turning Point (1945); 7 -- Seeking the Torch (1946-59); 8 -- Room at the Top (The 1960 Election); PART TWO -- THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS; 9 -- One Fine Day (The Inauguration, 1961); 10 -- First Friend (1961-63); 11 -- A Touch of Class (1961-63); 12 -- Blood and Tears (November 22-25, 1963)
  • PART THREE -- LEM AFTER DALLAS13 -- The Sea Change (1933 v. 1973); 14 -- His Final Years (1963-81); Acknowledgments; APPENDICES; The Kennedys and the Billingses; Timeline; Source Notes; Bibliography; Index
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First Da Capo Press pbk. edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 356 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780786732241
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
illustrations
Publisher number
EB00603041
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)880429147

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