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JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
Fredrik Logevall · 2020
🎙 Narrated by Mark Deakins (Random House Audio)
88/100
👍 Worth It
Logevall's Kennedy biography is the real deal -- meticulously researched, freshly sourced from newly available archives, and written with a vividness that earned it a major prize and a spot on the year's best-of lists. It only covers Kennedy up through 1956, so know you're getting part one of a bigger story, not the whole man. Mark Deakins' Earphones Award-winning narration makes the long listen genuinely worth it.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Mark Deakins is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, well suited to serious biography.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness90
Craft & writing90
Originality85
Evidence & accuracy90
Hype vs delivers85
Age-fit80
Human-eye read88
Penny’s verdict88
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