For President Kennedy: An Epilogue is an essay by American journalist Theodore H White and Jacqueline Kennedy writen soon after the assasination of her husband, United States President John F Kennedy. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963/11/29 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Widow | Mrs Kennedy urges White to write in LIFE that Jack was truly "a man of magic," that his presidency was truly special, that the era was, to use the words she borrowed from a Broadway musical, "one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot." | John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis | Barnstable | ||
| 1963/11/29 | Franklin D Roosevelt Jr | Life | White encounters Chuck Spaulding, Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, Dave Powers and Pat Lawford - and perhaps one or two others, plus service personnel. | ||||
| 1963/11/29 | Theodore H White | Work | Summoned by Jacqueline, White arrives at her Hyannisport home: She was absolutely composed when I arrived.... The chief memory I have is of her composure - of her beauty (dressed in black trim slacks, beige pullover sweater, her eyes wider than pools). | John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis | Barnstable | ||
| 1963/11/30 | LIFE | Publisher | LIFE holds the presses, at a cost of $30,000 an hour for overtime, until Theodore White finally dictates his story to editors form the telephone in the Kennedy kitchen at 2 am, with his interview subject hovering nearby. | ||||
| 1963/11/30 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Contributing Editor | Mrs Kennedy scribbles "and it will never be that way again!" the Camelot quote. At the end of the essay, she pencils in: "And all she could think of was tell people there will never be that Camelot again." | John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis | Barnstable | ||
| 1963/12/06 | Theodore H White | Author | "For President Kennedy: An Epilogue" by Theodore H White is published in LIFE magazine. | Assassination of John F Kennedy | |||
| 1963/12/06 | LIFE | Publisher | "For President Kennedy: An Epilogue" by Theodore H White is published in LIFE magazine. | Assassination of John F Kennedy | |||
| 1969/00/00 | Theodore H White | Author | White donates his "Camelot documents", including handwritten notes from the interview and the typed manuscript of the essay - with editing marks by Mrs Kennedy - to the Kennedy Library, stipulating that they remain sealed until one year after her death. | John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum | Boston | ||
| 1994/05/26 | John F Kennedy Presidential Library releases Theodore H White's "Camelot documents". | John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum | Boston |
| Particulars for For President Kennedy: An Epilogue (essay): | |||
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| Writing Type | Article | ||
| Art Type | Essay | an analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view | |
| Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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