The Men We Became

My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.

By: Robert T. Littell

Narrated by: Robert T. Littell

From youth to adulthood, Rob Littell spent 20 years alongside John F. Kennedy Jr. - through laughter and sorrow, joy and heartbreak. In this moving and poignant memoir of their touching friendship, Rob Littell himself shares his story with listeners.

Rob Littell was a freshman at Brown when he met JFK Jr. Although Littell came from a privileged background, it was worlds apart from the glamorous life of the son of the late president and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Eager to be accepted on his own terms, Kennedy responded to Littell’s irreverence toward his celebrity, and they became close friends.

Littell recounts dinners at Jacqueline Onassis’s apartment - where she surprised him with his favorite of specially burned hamburger - and weekends at her retreat in Martha’s Vineyard, where she critiqued their touch football. As students, Littell and Kennedy bummed around Europe. Later, they shared apartments in New York. Later still, Littell was part of John’s secret wedding to Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, Georgia - and three years later a pallbearer at his funeral.

This is an intimate, detailed and affectionate memoir of an unusual young man by a close friend.

©2004 Robert T. Littell (P)2004 Macmillan Audio

REVIEW

The entire book was excellent & the story was wonderful. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. For these reasons, I gave the 5 star review.

Beautiful memories

So real and honest. Definitely spoken from the heart. I have read many books about JFK Jr but this one is very outstanding.

Better than Billy Noonan’s Book!

I enjoyed this book. It was kind, thoughtful, and reflective- just as its subject was. Compared to “Forever Young,” by Billy Noonan- this book was so much better. We didn’t learn anything salacious about john or carolyn because there was nothing so bad or unusual about them. A good read overall.

A wonderful book about JFK jr.

The author and his humor gave this book a quality of sincerity and truthfulness. I enjoyed each chapter and hated it ended.

Loved author’s perspective of his friendship with JFK Jr.

Feel like I have a better picture of the real JFK Jr after reading this book; humanly normal, complex and beautiful, at times I giggled out loud and other times had tears. Highly recommend.