White’s books are essential but limited. With what we know now, White’s account of the 1960 Kennedy campaign reads like a fairy tale, with no hint of JFK’s relentless womanizing. And the discrepancy between White’s tomes and what actually happened behind the scenes eventually became a burden even for White, who after 1972 professed himself a practitioner of traditional journalism, not a psychologist or muckraker or peeper through keyholes.
I don’t remember much about them. I take your word for it. Many years later I read a book about the Kennedy clan that was quite revealing. Can’t remember the title, but it was a good read too.
Makes me think I should get back to reading biographies. I enjoyed almost every one I read. I think I still have one about Jefferson I didn’t get through because it was so “scholarly.” All the citing of source material got boring quickly.