Times To Remember By Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Times to Remember
The Uncompromised, High-Stakes Personal Archive of Matriarchal Resilience, Political Dynasty, and the Making of the American Century
The Uncompromised, High-Stakes Personal Archive of Matriarchal Resilience, Political Dynasty, and the Making of the American Century
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Times to Remember
- Author: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York
- Publication Date: 1974
- ISBN-13: Not Issued (Early US Printing / Pre-Standardisation Variant)
- Edition Details: Early Book Club / Premium Hardcover Release.
- Binding: Original publisher’s heavy-gauge cloth-and-board hardcover casing with crisp spine titles.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 536 pages. Richly enhanced with a monumental central repository of private Kennedy family letters, official archival dispatches, intimate household memorabilia logs, and rare personal photographs.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Used - Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The original hardcover binding presents in a highly secure condition, keeping flat, clean panels and square corner tips. The spine remains completely undamaged, holding its block shape firmly without linear shelf-lean or vertical structural collapse under the weight of the massive 536-page text block.
- Interior: The internal text block is tight and robustly bound. The pages remain entirely clean, clear, and completely free of user highlighting, underline annotations, library processing stamps, or owner name inscriptions. Displays uniform vintage foxing along the text block edges and scattered throughout the preliminary leaves, alongside minor historic insect bites restricted to the outer margin tips, entirely typical for 1970s American paper stock imported into South Africa.
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The Dust Jacket: Used - Poor (P) / Upgraded for Presentation
- Condition Detail: The original illustrated paper dust jacket is in poor condition, exhibiting distinct signs of heavy vintage wear, edge tears, and notable paper loss along the spine ends and corner margins. However, it has now been carefully stabilized and housed in a fresh, clean Cellophane sleeve, which holds the fragile jacket together beautifully and ensures a highly presentable, secure profile on a collector's shelf.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1974 in the deep, reflective wake of unprecedented national tragedies, Times to Remember stands as the absolute definitive, first-hand chronicle of the ultimate political dynasty of the modern era. Written by the iconic family matriarch, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, this massive memoir spans eight decades rich in global history, intense political drama, and extraordinary human courage, bypassing sanitized public relations spin to deliver an immediate, raw window into the molding of the American Century.
Rose Kennedy strips away the myth of Camelot to reveal the absolute grit, rigorous behavioral standards, and deep spiritual faith that forged her children—including President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy. The narrative carries readers from early Gilded Age Boston political structures to the absolute corridors of global executive power, tracking monumental triumphs alongside devastating personal grief. Thoroughly enhanced with private family letters and intimate photographs, this premium vintage hardcover collectible copy is a vital used collectible book that serves as an indispensable primary historical archive for political historians and biography purists alike.
Author Profile: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995) was an American philanthropist, political matriarch, and a monumental giant of global cultural history. The daughter of Boston Mayor John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and the wife of Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., she successfully steered her family through the highest echelons of international diplomacy, high finance, and global government leadership. Celebrated for her deep resilience, sharp intellect, and unwavering devotion to her family's public legacy, she was officially named a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by the Holy See.
Her unique combination of rigorous historical perspective, direct access to global figures, and lifelong commitment to political excellence ensures her memoirs carry profound professional credibility and enduring historical significance. Her structured reflections translate a chaotic era of international conflicts and high-stakes campaigns into a highly polished, definitive historical record that remains a vital benchmark of political biography writing.
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