Word: manuscript
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Exhaustive Detail. Long the subject of speculation across the U.S., the 1,200-page manuscript of the book has proved to be something of a shock to just about everyone. Re-creating the events on and after the day of the assassination in exhaustive detail and in sometimes mawkish language, it describes Jackie Kennedy's every thought and emotion after her husband's death with such fidelity that the Kennedys-who have not read it but are familiar with its contents-feel that it contains things far too personal to print. "That's all she has left...
...author and publisher. But the book has done far more than merely upset the Kennedys. It has set many New Frontiersmen against one another, caused the author to become ill and brought turmoil to the publishing world, leaving half a dozen publishers in Europe and the U.S. holding a manuscript that they are not sure they will be able to print. Its influence has also reached into the White House, where its prejudiced and one-dimensional treatment of Lyndon Johnson has created apprehension and resentment...
...forthcoming publication of William Manchester's Death of a President revolves around the legal validity of a "memorandum of understanding" signed by the author and Robert F. Kennedy in early 1964. The agreement states that "publication will take place promptly after November 22, 1968, and that "the completed manuscript shall be reviewed by Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, and the final text shall not be published unless and until approved by them...
...apparently read the manscript and the book is scheduled to be published next year. On this basis, Mrs. Kennedy has a case. The Kennedys, however, have behaved so erratically in the past year that their sincerity is open to serious question. Last summer, after Manchester has finished the manuscript and it was being prepared for publication, Senator Kennedy sent him a telegram stating that "members of the Kennedy family will place no obstacle in the way of publication of his book." And at about the same time, a panel of former New Frontiersmen read the manuscript, and suggested changes...
...Kennedy has erred in refusing to confront the manuscript until now. She will have to read the book and undoubtedly withhold her approval. But she should never have given the impression that the approval of her late husband's friends was tantamount to a family imprimatur. Look Magazine, which will serialize the book in January, has reportedly started its presses rolling -- and if the injunction Mrs. Kennedy seeks is granted, it stands to lose a great deal of money. The bitterness and rumors this controversy has engendered could have easily been avoided if the family had taken the direct interest...