

When he had the chance to become a naval officer like his older brother, Bobby turned it down, choosing instead to join the Navy as a common sailor. Overlooked by his father, and overshadowed by his war-hero brother, Bobby Kennedy was a perpetual underdog.


Now, with Bobby Kennedy, Matthews provides ' insight into spirit and what drove him to greatness' (New York Journal of Books) in his gripping, in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at one of the great figures of the American twentieth century. With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews profiled of one of America's most beloved Presidents and the patriotic spirit that defined him. Through tragedy after tragedy we find the man humanized' (Associated Press). Kennedy, ' Readers witness the evolution of Kennedy's soul. In Chris Matthews's New York Times bestselling portrait of Robert F.
