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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do--but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of Kennedy is a revealing, fascinating account of America's...
Author
Language
English
Description
Drawing from conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, and household and security staff, this multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on the nation's politics and culture.
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Fresh interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy and explores the intricate, often shifting relationships among Kennedy, Chamberlain, Churchill, and Roosevelt.
Author
Language
English
Description
The last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy presents an intimate portrait of her family's shared life that describes how her parents would encourage their children to discuss current events, forge a strong work ethic and appreciate the sacrifices of their ancestors.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 441 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"On February 18, 1938, Joseph P. Kennedy was sworn in as US Ambassador to the Court of St. James. To say his appointment to the most prestigious and strategic diplomatic post in the world shocked the Establishment was an understatement: known for his profound Irish roots and staunch Catholicism, not to mention his "plain-spoken" opinions and womanizing, he was a curious choice as Europe hurtled toward war. Initially welcomed by the British, in less...
Author
Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First Carroll & Graf edition.
Physical Desc
x, 612 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An evaluation of the complex relationship between the Kennedy family and the FBI director traces their shared political years through their parallel rises and controversial deaths and considers the roles played by such figures as Joe McCarthy and Martin Luther King.
18) The Kennedys
Publisher
Kennedys Production (Ontario), Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives of the Kennedys during the 1960s. Dramatizes the scandal, tragedy, public greatness and private frailty of America's first "royal" family during one of the most momentous decades in history.
Author
Publisher
Bancroft Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xi, 260 pages : genealogical tables, illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rosemary (Rosie) Kennedy was born in 1918, the first daughter of a wealthy Bostonian couple who later would become known as the patriarch and matriarch of America's most famous and celebrated family. Elizabeth Koehler was born in 1957, the first and only child of a struggling Wisconsin farm family. What, besides their religion, did these two very different Catholic women have in common? One person: Stella Koehler, a charismatic woman of the cloth...
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