| | |  Entertainment | Books | June 2009 
Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died
 Edward Klein - EdwardKlein.com
| Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died
by Edward Klein
Crown Publishers / 272 pages | |
Although Ted Kennedy ranks among the world’s most fascinating figures, the seemingly irreconcilable parts of his personality have puzzled his biographers. At times - as in Chappaquiddick - he has surrendered to his personal demons. At other times - after an inspiring speech in the Senate - he has been called one the greatest lawmakers in American history. Now, in TED KENNEDY: THE DREAM THAT NEVER DIED, Edward Klein at last reconciles these contradictions by painting the first truly three-dimensional portrait of this complex American icon.
As the author of several bestselling biographies about the Kennedys, Edward Klein is in a unique position to draw on a vast store of original research and unprecedented access to Ted Kennedy’s political associates, friends, and family. The result is a stunningly original, up-to-the-moment portrait of a man whose battle against brain cancer encapsulates the definition of courage: grace under pressure.
TED KENNEDY: THE DREAM THAT NEVER DIED does not shrink from chronicling Kennedy’s destructive behavior. But both in spirit and tone, it is a compassionate portrait of a complicated man who managed to achieve a remarkable redemption in the winter of his life. Edward Klein takes the reader behind the scenes to reveal many secrets. Among them:
• Who convinced Caroline Kennedy to suddenly and unexpectedly withdraw her candidacy to fill the New York Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton.
• The supremely important (and unrecognized) role played by Ted’s second wife, Victoria Reggie, in getting him to stop drinking and womanizing.
• The painful words that transpired between the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne and Ted Kennedy during two secret meetings at Ted’s home.
• The feud that has already erupted within the Kennedy family between Vicki Reggie Kennedy and Joe Kennedy Jr. over who will take Ted’s place in the wake of his demise.
In the most inspiring speech of his career, Ted Kennedy once vowed: “For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.” In TED KENNEDY: THE DREAM THAT NEVER DIED, Edward Klein presents a captivating portrait of a man who was sometimes a destructive thrill-seeker, at other times a constructive and powerful lawmaker - but always an American legend. |
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