 Sen. Edward Kennedy’s book, “True Compass” (Hachette Book Group) |
(Editor’s note: Following his Aug. 25 death, Sen. Edward Kennedy’s memoir release date has been moved up to Sept. 14.)
Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has been dogged by criticism since a 1969 car accident in which his young female passenger drowned, will release his “inspiring legacy” – at the cool cost of $1,000 per book.
In 1969, Kennedy was driving a car that went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. His passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned after the car landed upside down in the water.
At the time, Kennedy claimed he tried several times to swim down to reach Kopechne to no avail. He came under fire for not immediately reporting the incident to authorities and pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident.
But that tragic event is expected to be omitted from his new $1,000 book, “True Compass.”
The book’s publisher, Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, promises to include “rare family photos not available in the regular edition.”
A limited edition of his leather-bound memoir will be electronically signed by Kennedy and released in October through the Hachette Book Group, Grand Central Publishing’s website.
Kennedy’s publisher champions the senator as “one of the great senators in the nation’s history” and the “patriarch of America’s most heralded family.” He reportedly received an $8 million advance for his “landmark autobiography.”
“Many believe Kennedy escaped justice, which is why the tragedy at Chappaquiddick has been called the most brilliant cover-up ever achieved in a nation where investigative procedures are well developed,” the government watchdog group Judicial Watch posted on its website.
“Two decades after the horrific event more light was shed on the cover-up when the foreman of the grand jury that investigated the accident came forward and confessed that the panel was pressured by a judge and a prosecutor not to pursue the case,” it stated. “The foreman said the jury was manipulated and blocked from doing its job.”
While the publisher promises “unprecedented candor about his extraordinary life,” Judicial Watch expects that numerous allegations of extramarital affairs, reckless driving citations or well-documented public appearances while intoxicated will be absent from Kennedy’s story as well.
However, Kennedy is said to write about how “his recent diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor has given even greater urgency to his long crusade for improved health care for all Americans.”
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