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Text copyright © 2005 by Yona Zeldis McDonough. Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Jill Weber. Cover illustration © 2005 by Nancy Harrison. All rights reserved. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. GROSSET & DUNLAP is a trademark of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Printed in the U.S.A.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McDonough, Yona Zeldis.

Who was John F. Kennedy? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Jill Weber.

p. cm. — (Who was—?)

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917—1963—Juvenile literature. 2. Presidents—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature. I. Weber, Jill. II. Title. III. Series.

E842.Z9M39 2005

973.922′092—dc22

2004012225

ISBN: 978-1-101-63994-8 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 XlJcsXAp3rXwIC8rNFgPyly825MzH656DgW54ovRAuUbdb1oHjLEF5/MJtsyAWMG