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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life.

Dick and Doris Goodwin were married for forty-two years and married to American history even longer. In his twenties, Dick was one of the brilliant young men of John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier. In his thirties he both named and helped design Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and was a speechwriter and close advisor to Robert Kennedy. Doris Kearns was a twenty-four-year-old graduate student when selected as a White House Fellow. She worked directly for Lyndon Johnson and later assisted on his memoir.

Over the years, with humor, anger, frustration, and in the end, a growing understanding, Dick and Doris had argued over the achievements and failings of the leaders they served and observed, debating the progress and unfinished promises of the country they both loved.

The Goodwins’ last great adventure involved finally opening the more than three hundred boxes of letters, diaries, documents, and memorabilia that Dick had saved for more than fifty years. They soon realized they had before them an unparalleled personal time capsule of the 1960s, illuminating public and private moments of a decade when individuals were powered by the conviction they could make a difference; a time, like today, marked by struggles for racial and economic justice, a time when lines were drawn and loyalties tested.

Their expedition gave Dick’s last years renewed purpose and determination. It gave Doris the opportunity to connect and reconnect with participants and witnesses of pivotal moments of the 1960s. And it gave them both an opportunity to make fresh assessments of the central figures of the time—John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, and especially Lyndon Johnson, who greatly impacted both their lives. The voyage of remembrance brought unexpected discoveries, forgiveness, and the renewal of old dreams, reviving the hope that the youth of today will carry forward this unfinished love story with America.
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“Doris Kearns Goodwin is a rare presence on our national stage – an historian with academic cred and pop-culture cachet.”—CBS News

“I loved this book. It is so filled with wonderful stories that are so personal and an account of history that you don't often get.” —Alan Alda

"An Unfinished Love Story offers a bird’s-eye view of familiar events, and of a decade marked by both idealism and political violence.”—Los Angeles Times

“A very powerful and important read….a great, great book.” —Wolf Blitzer, CNN

“[Doris’s] beautiful touch is all over this book.”—Hoda Kotb, NBC’s Today Show

“This is very unlike any book you’ve seen from Doris Kearns Goodwin—I’ve read them all. ‘Team of Rivals’ is my favorite, but this is the one that blows it away because it’s emotional.” —Neil Cavuto, Fox News Channel

“It is a love story—one to her late husband and one to our great country.” —Stephanie Ruhle, MSNBC

“Amazing…so personal…it’s just fabulous.” —Andrea Mitchell, MSNBC

“A beautiful book.”—Willie Geist, MSNBC

"An illuminating and inspiring blend of biography, history, memoir and marital banter."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"A touching invitation to eavesdrop on a long marriage between two people who had an unusual level of access to presidential policy and personality."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Just as An Unfinished Love Story is a testament to the Kearns Goodwin marriage, so is it a love story of the United States and its democratic government. The many speeches written by Goodwin, the writings of Kearns Goodwin and both their reflections demonstrate that words do indeed matter."—The Columbus Dispatch

"An intimate political history....about the love of historical research, in this case demonstrated by a joint examination of 300 boxes of documents, drafts, and the personal flotsam accumulated over the course of a marriage played out in the arena of American politics. And about the love of America, its past and future, its struggles and promise"—The Boston Globe

"Despite so many predecessors, Goodwin’s new book, An Unfinished Love Story, manages to be different thananything that has come before. Goodwin and her husband, Richard, were both extremely close to the Kennedys andJohnson, and each of them held on to their fierce and competing loyalties to the presidents through four decades of marriage….Kearns gives us hundreds of interesting vignettes about the time she and her husband spent with these historiccharacters. But the spine of the book is the eternal debate about who deserved more credit for the landmarklegislative accomplishments of the ’60s — JFK or LBJ."—Charles Kaiser, The Washington Post

“Goodwin has given us another gift. Engrossing as always, beautifully written as always, it is several stories simultaneously....The book is also timely.”—Boston Herlad

"An outstanding book that... will bring back memories both good and bad from this turbulent period and provide insights that will be new for many readers."—Bowling Green Daily News

· “A heartfelt tribute to the author’s late husband and a captivating reflection on this pivotal era in American politics.”—Kirkus

PRAISE FOR DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN

"America's historian-in-chief."—New York magazine

"A giant on the history and biography shelves."—The Washington Post

"With her skillful grasp of revealing detail, Ms. Goodwin brings political figures back to life."—The New York Times

"She's a national treasure."—Anderson Cooper

About the Author

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s work for President Johnson inspired her career as a presidential historian. Her first book was Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize–winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Homefront in World War II. She earned the Lincoln Prize for Team of Rivals, in part the basis for Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, about the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her bestselling Leadership: In Turbulent Times was the inspiration for the History Channel docuseries on Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, which she executive produced. Her most recent book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, provides a front-row seat to the pivotal people—JFK, LBJ, RFK, and MLK—and events of this momentous decade.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; First Edition (April 16, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1982108665
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1982108663
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 1.4 x 9.25 inches
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DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN’s interest in leadership began more than half a century ago as a professor at Harvard. Her experiences working for LBJ in the White House and later assisting him on his memoirs led to her bestselling Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize–winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. Goodwin earned the Lincoln Prize for the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals, the basis for Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, the New York Times bestselling chronicle of the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, the writer Richard N. Goodwin. More at www.doriskearnsgoodwin.com @DorisKGoodwin

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Customers find the book insightful and first-hand, offering an intimate look behind the scenes. They describe the writing quality as compelling and lovingly. Readers also find the love story palpable and riveting. They mention the characters as interesting and successful.

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Customers find the book insightful, amazing, and relevant in today's political climate. They also say it's a reminder of the unrest and idealism of the 1960s. Customers also mention that the book touches their hearts to the core and is personal and inspiring.

"...author & her husband are retelling their experiences and both are very intelligent and great story tellers.Please do not miss reading this book." Read more

"...of our government during the Kennedy and Johnson years and they offer an intimate and first hand look at what transpired during those extraordinary..." Read more

"...title says, it’s a love story rolled up in history, with some of the most interesting facts, intimate tales of relationships formed in his (and her)..." Read more

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Customers find the writing compelling, beautifully written, and poignant. They say it strikes the perfect balance between memoir and chronicle of the times, and that the author is one of the best history writers out there.

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"This is an exceptional book written by a gifted writer about her and her husband’s lives and experiences during the 1960’s...." Read more

"...To think, this was all tucked away in storage. Eloquently told with wit, charm, with the dazzle that only Ms. Kearns Goodwin can deliver." Read more

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Customers find the love story in the book palpable, captivating, moving, and riveting. They also say it's a true time travel.

"This book was totally captivating as a historical retelling of the Sixties and the JFK & LBJ White House...." Read more

"...Filled with emotion, this true account brims with love. One of my favorite books of the year." Read more

"A delight as a love story and as a history of the sixties - the time when I became an adult...." Read more

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"...This one does not disappoint, makes me a little nostalgic, and validates the "What if" questions that still linger in the consciousness of those of..." Read more

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Customers find the emotional content brilliant, at times funny, sad, and profound.

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"...Part heartbreaking - as the '60's were - and always informative with wonderful insights to the incredible role her husband played in the Kennedy and..." Read more

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Pattie
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible book!
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This book was totally captivating as a historical retelling of the Sixties and the JFK & LBJ White House.
This is the point I’m at in the book and cannot put it down.
The author & her husband are retelling their experiences and both are very intelligent and great story tellers.
Please do not miss reading this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is an exceptional book
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2024
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This is an exceptional book written by a gifted writer about her and her husband’s lives and experiences during the 1960’s. Both were at the very center of our government during the Kennedy and Johnson years and they offer an intimate and first hand look at what transpired during those extraordinary times. I found the book to be absolutely fascinating especially as one views it in the context of what our country is going through now politically.
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5.0 out of 5 stars History + love story + memoir + biography all in one, written by a national treasure!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2024
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Do you love history? Have a fascination with the 60s? The Kennedys? LBJ? DKG's stories are remarkable, and this book is unlike any other because she’s combined her vast knowledge as an historian along with heaps of cool facts about her remarkable, brilliant husband Dick Goodwin’s illustrious career and pivotal role he played as a presidential speechwriter and political advisor as they unearthed hundreds of letters, journals, memos, (more than 300 boxes that had been in storage and they only started going through them before he died).

A trusted member of JFK’s campaign as a speechwriter and later assistant special counsel on Latin American affairs under the president, a close friend of Jackie and Bobby’s too, to LBJ he became indispensable, once again an instrumental speechwriter and special assistant to the president and an integral part of the civil rights movement. The speeches Goodwin wrote for both presidents moved a nation, to belief, action, the creation of programs, that Kennedy dreamt of, and Johnson implemented. And all that doesn’t even include everything he did that led to his professional career. ​

As the title says, it’s a love story rolled up in history, with some of the most interesting facts, intimate tales of relationships formed in his (and her) early days in D.C., what they witnessed up close and personal, the words he wrote, which had a profound impact on the American people from the evolution of the Peace Corps to the signing of the Voting Rights Act. To think, this was all tucked away in storage. Eloquently told with wit, charm, with the dazzle that only Ms. Kearns Goodwin can deliver.
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Michael K. Schonbrun
5.0 out of 5 stars Living History
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024
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For someone who came of age in the 1960s, this book provided a” fly on the wall” perspective on events that I read about and to a limited extent participated in. Knowledgeable and clearly written and organized. Highly recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Historian and History Maker, a Privileged Journey
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2024
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It felt like a gift. Finishing Doris Kearns Goodwin's AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY, I felt as though I had been on a journey, soaring high above the clouds, above any ordinary world. Here was history recounted with far more than first-person witness, here was history by the history maker. Richard Goodwin was not only there, but there was there because of his presence. Time and time again: JFK, LBJ, RFK and everything in between. Doris Kearns Goodwin recounts the 1960's with her husband as they plow through boxes of archives. Archives precious beyond photos, precious beyond news clips, precious because this witness to history is more upfront and center than anyone else was ever allowed - a speechwriter, an advisor, a friend of icons of our time. Doris Kearns Goodwin is a splendid storyteller, especially with a delicious story to tell. Filled with emotion, this true account brims with love. One of my favorite books of the year.
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Bobby D.
4.0 out of 5 stars Reminisces of the past... well told
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2024
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The historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has offered up both an individual memoir and testimonial to her late husband Richard (Dick) Goodwin. They were married for over 40 years. Dick was instrumental as an adviser and speechwriter for Presidents Kennedy and LBJ… and friends with Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy. The couple over their life together amassed many boxes (over 300) of letters, speeches, and memorabilia mostly from their 1960 experiences and relationships. They both had special access to two Presidents and a third possible one was denied. In preparation for this book, they decided to go through all of this material using it as a springboard to tell the 1960s from their perspectives.
There is nothing new in the way of undiscovered history in the book, although it offers unique insight into the major moments of the 1960s. It made me regret that Richard Goodwin did not write his biography. Yet he has found a loving and understanding communicator in Doris's good hands. This reads as a living contemporaneous document. It feels as if you are with Doris and Dick as they sift through boxes full of memories and truths, like your with old friends who wish to reconnect with their past. Dick Goodwin died May 20, 2018 age 86. Doris is now 81.
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Barry
5.0 out of 5 stars the evolving story of love
Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2024
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This reminds me of a divine gift I experienced some 70 years ago.

You are a unique gift of love that is intrinsic to all of existence for all of eternity. Just as every other soul is and no-one can replace you. Created from and is a part of an absolute 100% generic love that has always been. Your willingness to receive determines what you experience, because love loves to be loved. Love’s awareness is like experiencing infinity.

Then doing the right thing through love binds because of its magnetic power without capturing and supports because it is an infinite constant without limiting. A choice.
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mishmish
5.0 out of 5 stars Private and Public Life in the 1960s and the struggles for civil rights
Reviewed in France on July 8, 2024
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As usual with Doris Kern Godwin's histories this book is more than just a history of the Kennedys and President Johnson and the fight for civil rights. With the background of the sixties Ms Godwin also gives us a detailed picture of her husband and herself in those exciting times, working in the White House, writing famous speeches for the presidents (her husband), sharing President Johnson's memories near the end of his life (herself) and the many devoted Americans who believed in the changing times and the end of racism. It is also the story of Godwin's life with her husband and their shared interests and love of America. Written after the death of her husband, the book is a tribute to him and to his political fights.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Knowledge and technologiy as well as analysis
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2024
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very practising, effective and useful as well as have a very great analysis.
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Barry Milton Nicholls
5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible read of complex history
Reviewed in Australia on June 16, 2024
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A beautifully told story of a turbulent period of US politics. Also a love story over several decades. Makes sense of complexity with enlivened yet easily understandable prose.
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Paul Bacisnchi
5.0 out of 5 stars Mid nineties American politics from the inside
Reviewed in Canada on May 11, 2024
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Like all books by Doris Kerarns Goodwin beautifully written and loaded with information
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