[Rarebooks] fs: Early JFK item

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 2996 )  [Kennedy, John F.] Hersey, John. SURVIVAL: FROM A PT BASE IN 
THE SOLOMONS COMES THIS NIGHTMARE EPIC OF THE WILL-TO-LIVE (READER'S DIGEST, 
V. 45, AUGUST 1944, PAGES 75-80).
Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Assoc., Inc., 1944. Magazine, Duodecimo, 128 
pages. Very Good.
      Complete issue of Reader's Digest magazine containing John Hersey's 
story of John F. Kennedy and PT-109. To put it simply, this is the article 
that launched Kennedy's political career. Hersey, a Kennedy family friend, 
first published this flattering account in the 'New Yorker.' But Joe 
Kennedy, unhappy with the New Yorker's relatively small circulation, pressed 
editor Paul Palmer for this appearance in the much more widely read 
'Reader's Digest.' It was a shrewd move, and this condensed version of the 
PT-109 incident proved crucial to Kennedy's early political success. Indeed, 
this version was reprinted for each of JFK's subsequent campaigns, including 
his 1960 presidential run. As to the story itself, few would argue that 
young Lt. Kennedy acted heroically in his efforts to rescue his men after 
his PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. But veteran PT commanders 
were incredulous that Kennedy's fast and highly maneuverable PT-109 had 
failed to evade the ramming in the first place. In fact no other PT boat was 
ever rammed by an enemy ship before or after Kennedy's, and he narrowly 
escaped court-martial for the incident. The magazine is bound in green 
printed covers with a stapled binding. There is some silverfishing at lower 
fore edge of front cover, a bit of soil to rear cover, and corner creases to 
lower fore corners of first several leaves....... $125.00
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