And after an assassins bullet stopped this last great stirring public figure of the 1960s, crowds lined up along the countrys railroad tracks to say goodbye to Bobby. Over the action-packed eighty-two days of his campaign, Americans were inspired by Kennedys promise to lead them toward a better time. Bobby sensed the countrys pain, and when he announced that he was running for president, the country united behind his hopes. He was haunted by his brothers murder, and by the nations seeming inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, and the war in Vietnam. Kennedys assassination, Robert Kennedyformerly Jacks no-holds-barred political warrioralmost lost hope. The definitive account of Robert Kennedys exhilarating and tragic 1968 campaign for presidenta revelatory history that is especially resonant nowĪfter John F.
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