This classic New York Times bestseller is an illuminating portrait of JFK€"from his thrilling rise to his tragic fall€"by two of the men who knew him best.

As a politician, John Fitzgerald Kennedy crafted a persona that fascinated and inspired millions€"and left an outsize legacy in the wake of his murder on November 22, 1963. But only a select few were privy to the complicated man behind the Camelot image.
 
Two such confidants were Kenneth P. O€Donnell, Kennedy€s top political aide, and David F. Powers, a special assistant in the White House. They were among the president€s closest friends, part of an exclusive inner circle that came to be known as the €œIrish Mafia.€ In Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, O€Donnell and Powers share memories of Kennedy, his extraordinary political career, and his iconic family€"memories that could come only from intimate access to the man himself.
 
As they recount the full scope of Kennedy€s journey€"from his charismatic first campaign for Congress to his rapid rise to national standing, culminating on that haunting day in Dallas€"O€Donnell and Powers lay bare the inner workings of a leader who is cherished and mourned to this day, in a memoir that spent over five months on the New York Times bestseller list.