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Tag: John F. Kennedy

  • Victura: beloved sailboat taught JFK about life, family, leadership and winning

    Victura: beloved sailboat taught JFK about life, family, leadership and winning

      James W. Graham’s new book — Victura: the Kennedys, a Sailboat, and the Sea –offers new insights into the dynamics and magic of the Kennedy family and their intense relationship with sailing and the sea. Many families sail together, but the foot sloop purchased in 1932 shortly s move to Hyannis Port, stands apart.…

  • Window Fishing Or The Night We Caught Beatlemania

    Window Fishing Or The Night We Caught Beatlemania

    A Silo Canuck Book Review I’ve never particularly been a Beatle’s fan. I like some of their songs. I like a number of them very much, but if I was asked the now proverbial question, “The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?” I would probably say, Oh, I don’t know, maybe The Who? The body of…