A Disturbance of Fate, The Presidency of Robert F. Kennedy by Mitchell Freedman

By Mitchell Freedman

“A bold and compulsively page-turning old what-if fiction. . . A remarkably lifelike replacement global tale. . . Unapologetically opinionated, not easy, and notion provoking.”

—Publishers Weekly

“I am easily blown away by means of the mind's eye and scholarship that has long past into Mitchell Freedman's terrific novel, A Disturbance of destiny. exceedingly, Freedman pulls off this historic fable and tells a very attention-grabbing, although very debatable, tale.”

—Dan E. Moldea, writer of The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy

“A Disturbance of destiny is enjoyable and inventive. It provides a desirable extrapolation from what we all know approximately our background and reaffirms the significance of Robert F. Kennedy's legacy and vision.”

—Peter Edelman, writer of attempting to find America's center: RFK and the Renewal of wish, and legislative assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy

“Mitch Freedman has supplied us with an exceptional portrayal of Robert F. Kennedy and the heritage that would have been.”

—Stanley ok. Sheinbaum, writer, New views Quarterly
Center for the learn of Democratic Institutions

“A Disturbance of destiny is a strong and inventive paintings of social realism.”

—Dr. Kevin Starr, kingdom Librarian of California and award-winning writer of the sequence, american citizens and The California Dream

“Whether you settle with Mitch Freedman’s political beliefs or now not, his e-book is a thrilling and resourceful workout in what may have been.”

—The overdue Alan W. Bock, senior editorial author, Orange County sign up and writer of ready to Inhale: The Politics of clinical Marijuana

Enter a heritage the place Robert F. Kennedy was once by no means killed, and the place he went directly to win the Presidency of the USA of the USA.
Contrary to what a few may perhaps think, the time during which RFK survives isn't really tidy and ideal; it's not the utopia that lots of his supporters have come to think over the years.
As in existence, this bold trade historical past twists and turns on the surprises and ironies alongside the way in which. Drawing from political, financial, and cultural developments to color a pragmatic imaginative and prescient of what could have been, A Disturbance of destiny is sure to go away you considering the fluidity of history.

“[Freedman's] is a daring . . . examine an essential era,
when many roads appeared possible.”

—Los Angeles instances Magazine

“A Disturbance of destiny is greater than a ‘disturbance.’ The publication weaves a story that transcends the top of an era...The portrayal of Robert Kennedy is instantaneously, painful, but undeniably picturesque.”

—The overdue Paul Conrad, three-time Pulitzer Prize successful political cartoonist for the la Times

“Mitchell Freedman's A Disturbance of destiny is a unique of marvels: supplying readers a gripping political narrative, vividly discovered in each element, Freedman invitations us to visualize an alternative universe whose origins lie within the epochal yr of 1968 and whose destiny is as unusual and astonishing as historical past itself.”

—Michael Berube, president-elect, glossy Language organization; Joseph Paterno Professor of Literature and Cultural reviews, Penn country collage, and writer of upper schooling less than fireplace: Politics, Economics and the difficulty of the arts

"...(A) noticeably different...(and) bold view of what could have occurred had Robert Kennedy lived...It offers with...every family and international factor, and twenty-plus years of exchange American heritage following Robert Kennedy's election in 1968."

—Jeff Greenfield, writer of Then every little thing replaced: wonderful exchange Histories of yank Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan and exclusive political reporter for CBS News

Mitchell J. Freedman has historical past and political technological know-how levels from Rutgers collage and a legislations measure from California Western university of legislations. He has been released in newspapers and journals on old, political, and constitutional concerns. He lives along with his spouse and young children in Southern California.

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