“Politics and truth only occasionally intersect, and David Stokesskillfully pulls the covers back on when Jack Kennedy’s image failed tocoincide with a more modest reality.” – David Pietrusza, author of 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies “I’d rather win a Pulitzer Prize than be President of the United States,” John F. Kennedy confided to author Margaret Coit shortly after his election to the Senate in 1953.