John Kerry was the son of a foreign service officer. He spent most of his young childhood in Europe, including boarding school in Switzerland. For high school, he lived at the exclusive boarding school St. Paul's in Massachusetts. Then, he attended Yale.
After Yale, he enlisted as an officer in Vietnam. He won several medals for his service. He was disturbed by the war, and became the leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War when we returned home. He then went to Boston College Law School. He was a prosecutor, then a lawyer in private practice. However, he had always wanted to be a politician. When he got the chance to run for the senate from Massachusetts in 1984, he grabbed it. He won. He remained in the Senate up through his presidential campaign in 2004, where he lost to George Bush. | ||
Plot & Themes job/profession: Job/profession/poverty story Yes Politician story? - Left wing pol fighting right wing Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Unusual characteristics: Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 () United States Yes The US: - Northeast City? Yes City: - Washington D.C. - Boston Century: - 1980's-Present Writing Style Book makes you feel? - encouraged If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book |