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Two dramatic days in June 1963 made for two interesting hours in November 2014 as Canadian author Andrew Cohen launched his latest book while surrounded by 200 friends and colleagues in the Winter Garden lobby of the new Performance Court building at 150 Elgin St. on Thursday.
Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History chronicles Kennedy at the high noon of his American presidency.
“I think this time that maybe Andrew has outdone himself,” said veteran broadcaster Don Newman. He publicly welcomed a crowd that included Vicki Heyman, wife of U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman, award-winning author Charlotte Gray, National Capital Commission CEO Mark Kristmanson and retired diplomat Paul Heinbecker.
Two dramatic days in June 1963 made for two interesting hours in November 2014 as Canadian author Andrew Cohen launched his latest book while surrounded by 200 friends and colleagues in the Winter Garden lobby of the new Performance Court building at 150 Elgin St. on Thursday, November 20.
Researching and writing about JFK turned out to be a personal experience for Cohen. “In the sense that I’ve been following this guy all my life,” the author explained in his remarks. “To be able to descend into his world, which is what this [book] tries to do, and reconstruct 48 momentous hours of his life was, for me, revealing and, in many ways, deeply touching. People said, ‘Did it change your view of him?’ And, yes, I think it did.”
Many books have been written about JFK, acknowledged Cohen, while referring to one particular JFK book reviewer who opined: any author who decides to write another book about Kennedy “better have a damn good reason”.
“I’ll let you judge but I think what I have tried to do here is tell an untold story,” said Cohen, who’s also a professor at Carleton University and a columnist for the Ottawa Citizen.
The author singled out several guests, including University of Ottawa president Allan Rock, “who was so helpful to me”; newly elected Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum; the “soon-to-be elected” Andrew Leslie and Catherine McKenna from the federal Liberal Party; and the “much-elected” Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger for Ottawa-Vanier. Also acknowledged were Ron Cohen, Anne Golden, former CEO of The Conference Board of Canada, journalist Lawrence Martin and Cohen’s family, particularly his wife, Mary Gooderham, “who I cannot thank enough”.
Cohen concluded his comments by pointing out that there were 1,036 days in the presidency of John F. Kennedy. “This is the story of two of them, and I hope you like it.”
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History chronicles Kennedy at the high noon of his American presidency.
“I think this time that maybe Andrew has outdone himself,” said veteran broadcaster Don Newman. He publicly welcomed a crowd that included Vicki Heyman, wife of U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman, award-winning author Charlotte Gray, National Capital Commission CEO Mark Kristmanson and retired diplomat Paul Heinbecker.
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From left, Allan Rock with Canadian authors Charlotte Gray and Andrew Cohen, and public policy scholar Anne Golden at the launch of Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History, held Thursday, November 20, 2014, in the Winter Garden lobby of 150 Elgin.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen 
From left, author Andrew Cohen with former Canadian ambassador Paul Heinbecker at the launch of Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Former Liberal cabinet minister John Manley, now president and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, with his wife, Judith, at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
German Ambassador Werner Wnendt with his wife, Eleonore Wnendt-Juber, and Cayla Baylin at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History, held Thursday, November 20, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Sarah Jennings with Ellen Wright at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History, held Thursday, November 20, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Andrew Cohen, with his wife, Mary Gooderham, held his book signing and book launch for his new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Author Andrew Cohen addressed a crowd of about 200 during the launch of his new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Whitney Fox with Hattie Klotz, a board member with the Ottawa Writers Festival, attended the launch of author Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From right, federal Liberal Party candidate Catherine McKenna with her mentor, Penny Collenette, at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, University of Ottawa president Allan Rock and fellow former federal justice minister Liberal MP Irwin Cotler attended the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History,.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Susannah Dalfen with Liberal MP Irwin Cotler (and the photo of his one-day-old grandchild that he had with him when he announced his retirement earlier this year) attended the book launch event for Andrew Cohen's latest, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Ian Smillie with Paul Heinbecker, former diplomat and chief foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and retired CTV journalist Roger Smith at the book launch and signing for Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Susan Peterson d'Aquino with Liberal star candidate Andrew Leslie, veteran journalist Don Newman at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Tom d'Aquino with Vicki Heyman at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June, held Thursday, November 20, 2014, in the Winter Garden lobby of 150 Elgin. and the 48 Hours That Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, National Capital Commission CEO Mark Kristmanson with Mark O'Neill, CEO of the Canadian Museum of History and Canadian War Museum, at the launch of author Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Barry McLoughlin and Laura Peck from McLoughlin Media with Tobi Nussbaum, recently elected city councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe, at the launch of author Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Respected journalist Don Newman gave the opening remarks at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Ronald Cohen with University of Ottawa adjunct professor Penny Collenette and her husband, former Liberal cabinet minister David Collenette, at the launch of Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Citizen city affairs columnist Joanne Chianello with Ottawa Citizen editor-in-chief Andrew Potter and Chianello's husband, John Geddes, Ottawa bureau chief for Maclean's, at the launch of Andrew Cohen's book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Official Languages commissioner Graham Fraser with prominent Canadian author Charlotte Gray and Chris Waddell, director of Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication, attended the launch of author Andrew Cohen's new book, Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Two dramatic days in June 1963 made for two interesting hours in November 2014 as Canadian author Andrew Cohen launched his latest book while surrounded by 200 friends and colleagues in the Winter Garden lobby of the new Performance Court building at 150 Elgin St. on Thursday, November 20.
Researching and writing about JFK turned out to be a personal experience for Cohen. “In the sense that I’ve been following this guy all my life,” the author explained in his remarks. “To be able to descend into his world, which is what this [book] tries to do, and reconstruct 48 momentous hours of his life was, for me, revealing and, in many ways, deeply touching. People said, ‘Did it change your view of him?’ And, yes, I think it did.”
Many books have been written about JFK, acknowledged Cohen, while referring to one particular JFK book reviewer who opined: any author who decides to write another book about Kennedy “better have a damn good reason”.
“I’ll let you judge but I think what I have tried to do here is tell an untold story,” said Cohen, who’s also a professor at Carleton University and a columnist for the Ottawa Citizen.
The author singled out several guests, including University of Ottawa president Allan Rock, “who was so helpful to me”; newly elected Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum; the “soon-to-be elected” Andrew Leslie and Catherine McKenna from the federal Liberal Party; and the “much-elected” Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger for Ottawa-Vanier. Also acknowledged were Ron Cohen, Anne Golden, former CEO of The Conference Board of Canada, journalist Lawrence Martin and Cohen’s family, particularly his wife, Mary Gooderham, “who I cannot thank enough”.
Cohen concluded his comments by pointing out that there were 1,036 days in the presidency of John F. Kennedy. “This is the story of two of them, and I hope you like it.”
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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