![]() And Neal Gabler wrote "Against The Wind: Edward Kennedy And The Rise Of Conservatism." NPR's Ron Elving has read them both. ![]() One is called "Ted Kennedy: A Life." It's by John Farrell. This fall has brought two enormous new biographies of Ted Kennedy, both by writers who have won numerous awards for earlier biographies on prominent figures. Senate and compiled an extraordinary record. ![]() And Edward, known as Ted or Teddy Kennedy, was a senator and part of the Democratic Party conversation, as well as the national conversation, from the 1960s until he died almost four decades later. ![]() His brother Robert was running for president when he was assassinated. Three Kennedy brothers were elected to the U.S. Before the rise of Donald Trump or Barack Obama or Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan, the definition of charisma in American politics was the Kennedys. ![]()
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