Sarge; The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xxx, 761, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has underlining on front flap. DJ has sticker residue at back. Foreword by Bill Moyers. Scott Hanford Stossel (born August 7, 1969) is an American journalist and editor. He is the editor of The Atlantic magazine, and previously served as executive editor of The American Prospect magazine. Wonderful inscription expressing is appreciation of Sargent Shriver to Marry Bissell by Jay Rockefeller. Mary Bissell was a Heinz Fellow, and later, a Legislative Assistant in the Office of Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-WV. John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia (1985-2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia (1977-85). Rockefeller was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966). Rockefeller was later elected West Virginia Secretary of State (1968). . Stossel, through complete access to Sargent Shriver and his family, renders the story of his colorful life in cinematic detail--from his monumental achievements such as founding the Peace Corps and the Special Olympics, to marrying a Kennedy. Derived from a Kirkus review: A highly readable biography of the liberal stalwart who founded the Peace Corps, Head Start, and Special Olympics. Sargent Shriver was a in difficult crusades. Shriver's service in the US Navy in WWII removed any glamour he might have found in war. Shriver himself came into the Kennedy fold, famously, through marriage to Eunice Kennedy, and served as Joseph Kennedy's eyes and ears at the Chicago Merchandise Mart for many years, building valuable political contacts in the business community.Shriver steered the sometimes unwilling Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon to do good deeds, though never attaining elective office himself. A careful and capable portrait, of much interest to students of the Kennedy era.