Sarge; The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Meg Birnbaum (Author photograph). xxx, 761, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Bill Moyers. Signed by the author on the title page. Inscribed by Sargent Shriver on the title page. Inscription reads 5/5/04 To Dan Adcock, Best wishes! I hope you enjoy. So do I!!! Sargent Shriver. This is believed to be the Dan Adcock who was active in legislative affairs and Maryland Democratic politics. 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. In 2014, Stossel was awarded the Erikson Institute Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media. 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. 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 political contacts. 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. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 - January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election. Born in Maryland, Shriver attended Yale University, then Yale Law School, graduating in 1941. An opponent of U.S. entry into World War II, he helped establish the America First Committee but volunteered for the United States Navy before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. During the war, he served in the South Pacific, participating in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. After being discharged from the navy, he worked as an assistant editor for Newsweek and met Eunice Kennedy, marrying her in 1953. He worked on the 1960 presidential campaign of his brother-in-law, John F. Kennedy, and helped establish the Peace Corps after Kennedy's victory. After Kennedy's assassination, Shriver served in the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson and helped establish several anti-poverty programs as director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from October 16, 1964, to March 22, 1968. He also served as the United States Ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970. In 1972, Democratic vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton resigned from the ticket, and Shriver was chosen as his replacement. The Democratic ticket of George McGovern and Shriver lost in a landslide election defeat to Republican President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. Shriver briefly sought the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination but dropped out of the race after the first set of primaries. After leaving office, he resumed the practice of law, becoming a partner with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. He also served as president of the Special Olympics and was briefly a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2003 and died in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2011. While Shriver did not die until 2011, his activities diminished after his Alzheimer's diagnosis in 2003. This inscription is RARE and may represent one of the last occasions of his inscribing a copy of his biography.