Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0306816237
ISBN 13
9780306816239
Category
Depression / Bipolar - Famous Persons
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
384
Abstract
Jack and Lem explores the enduring friendship between John F. Kennedy and Kirk Lemoyne Billings (aka "Lem"). Jack Kennedy and Lem Billings met at Choate and remained friends until the Dallas gunfire that ended Kennedy's life thirty years later.
Description
Featuring interviews with Ben Bradlee, Gore Vidal, Ted Sorenson, friends, family, and many others, award -- winning journalist David Pitts begins the story with the early friendship between the men.
Though Lem never held an official role in the Kennedy administration, his friendship and insight were much valued, so much so that he had his own room at the White House. This is the story of Jack and Lem and the climate for gays during the Kennedy era -- the story of a great friendship that grew and survived against the odds.
Though Lem never held an official role in the Kennedy administration, his friendship and insight were much valued, so much so that he had his own room at the White House. This is the story of Jack and Lem and the climate for gays during the Kennedy era -- the story of a great friendship that grew and survived against the odds.
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