Kennedy, Edward M.  1932-2009. <br/><br/>
True compass :  a memoir / 
Edward M. Kennedy. 
 - First edition. 
 - x, 532 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color) ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The torch -- Family. Safe harbor ; No crying in this house; Wartime London ; Boarding school boy ; The Harvard screwup -- Brotherhood. Kennedy for President ; Becoming a politician ; The New Frontier ; Drinks with the Senator ; 1963 ; Falling to earth ; Thunder ; Bobby -- On my own. the shock of silence ; The hospital ; Nixonian radicals ; Backlash in Boston ; Sailing against the wind ; The Reagan years ; The family business -- Renewal. the woman who changed my life ; Campaigning for political survival ; The Clinton years ; The living Rose ; Senator ; Perseverance. 
<br/><br/> In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780446539258 (regular edition) 9780446557993 (large print edition) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009931859 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kennedy, Edward M. 1932-2009. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress.  Senate --Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Legislators--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E840.8 .K35  / A3 2009