Facing a tough reelection campaign against an aggressive challenger named Mitt Romney, Kennedy found a new voice and began one of the great third acts in American politics, sponsoring major legislation, standing up for liberal principles, and making the pivotal endorsement of Barack Obama for president. At midlife, embattled and uncertain if he would ever fall in love again, he met the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy. There have been controversies, too, and Kennedy addresses them with unprecedented candor. His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love of family, and an abiding faith. Through it all, he describes his work in the Senate on the major issues of our time - civil rights, Vietnam, Watergate, the quest for peace in Northern Ireland - and the cause of his life: improved health care for all Americans, a fight influenced by his own experiences in hospitals. For the first time, he describes his heartbreak and years of struggle in the wake of their deaths. In this historic memoir, Ted Kennedy takes us inside his family, re-creating life with his parents and brothers and explaining their profound impact on him. Senate, where he began a fascinating political education and became a legislator. Kennedy, recounted here in loving detail. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story - of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.

In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M.

True compass by edward m kennedy