Portrait of a President

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Portrait of a President (1962) is William Manchester's description of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. [1] It was based on Manchester's 1962 Holiday magazine article.

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  1. Edd Applegate (1 January 1996). Literary Journalism: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers and Editors . Greenwood Publishing Group. p.  158. ISBN   978-0-313-29949-0.


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