JFK: Volume I: 1917–1956. It’s easy to forget that John F. Kennedy lived such a short life. Buy JFK: Volume 1: 1917-1956 by Logevall, Fredrik (ISBN: 9780241185896) from Amazon's Book Store. The result of this prodigious effort is a sweeping two-volume biography that properly contextualizes Kennedy amidst the roiling American Century. Cover of Fredrik Logevall JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (Penguin-Random House, 2020); Kennedy at far right with crew of PT-109, 1943. They all do, the whole impossibly glamorous, snakebit Kennedy tribe, from the … Fredrik Logevall (born 1963) is a Swedish-American historian and educator at Harvard University, where he is the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and professor of history in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. by Fredrik Logevall ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 8, 2020 A comprehensive life of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), the first of two volumes. Of the thousands of books written about JFK, America's iconic 35th president, which ones should you read first? *FREE* shipping on eligible orders. The result of this prodigious effort is a sweeping two-volume biography that, for the first time, properly contextualizes Kennedy amidst the roiling American Century. Fredrik Logevall, whose recent book, “JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917‒1956,” covers the president’s early years. Now, adding the biographer’s disciplines to his historical and narrative prowess, Logevall delivers JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (Random House, $40), the first volume of two. Viking, pp. JFK Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956. By Fredrik Logevall. In conversation Monday with fellow historian Jon Meacham, Logevall discussed his findings and offered some hints as to what is to come in the second volume. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Beckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Fredrik Logevall has spent much of the last decade searching for the "real" JFK. JFK: Volume 1: 1917-1956 The young John F. Kennedy was no callow playboy but a serious and self-directed man, according to this sweeping first installment in a planned two-volume biography by Harvard history professor Logeval He ensorcells us still. JFK: Volume 1: 1917-1956 [Logevall, Fredrik] on Amazon.com.au. 'John F. Kennedy was a man before he was a monument, and among the great achievements of this wonderful book is how brilliantly Fredrik Logevall conveys both JFK's humanity and the history of the age.With precision and with grace, Logevall has given us a memorable portrait of a man and of the world that, before he shaped it, shaped him. 784, £30. He is a specialist in U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam Wars. Fredrik Logevall. Beckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Fredrik Logevall has spent seven years searching for the "real" JFK.