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For those with a case of Kennedy mania here's one more author promising to reveal hitherto unknown information - this time about John F. Kennedy, Jr.

As read by the author, it is an engaging tribute to a friend. Not at all a polished voice performer, Littell delivers his work conversationally. This, to a great degree, makes the listening even more enjoyable. As the author recounts conversations he shared with JFK, Jr., the listener almost feels as if he/she had been a third party sharing these times.

The pair met during orientation week at Brown University, and soon became friends. This was a friendship that was to span graduation and their professional lives. Littell took part in Kennedy's wedding to Carolyn Bessette and a too short three years later served as a pallbearer at his funeral.

Among the confidences Kennedy shared with the author were remarks concerning his relationships with other family members, his now widely publicized marital problems, and his hopes for the future.

Rather than exploitive, this listener found Littell's work to have come from the heart.

- Gail Cooke

I read The Men We Became in two nights. What fun! And I must thank Rob Littell for defending his freind. It must have been hard to watch his reputation get dragged thorugh the mud for so long. Most of America loved John Jr., and I now feel that he loved us back. I laughed out loud and cried and felt like I knew the man I had always admired. I figured this book to be another tell all, but to my happy surprise it's not. It's a great story about a favorite American Son. One that I'm sure Carolyn Bessette's mother must be grateful for the effort.

despite the author's fascination with John's mother, "Mrs. O" he obviously chose to ignore the discretion she would have preferred....although i had met John twice, once at a party he threw and once at a club to which I belonged, I found him gracious and charming...I personally think the author has many unresolved issues of his own ...it was too bad he didnt write more about his own professional career because that would have shed even more light on his perspective....the book does however shed light on who john really was at least in the eyes of his peers...i feel badly for john's sister caroline that this book was written.