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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
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
Series
Fletch mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Physical Desc
194 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the Kennedy family matriarch using information culled from her newly-made-public diaries and letters from defying her father's wishes and marrying Joseph Kennedy through the crushing tragedies that seem to plague her extensive family.
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 351 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A selection of more than 300 images collected by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (many never seen before) that capture the formative years of a uniquely American dynasty and detail the family's progress as it grows from a pair of turn-of-the-century newlyweds into a populous, vibrant clan of hopeful young men and women on the brink of their brilliant destinies.
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...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrated ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Kennedy Wives takes an unflinching look at the women who married into the Kennedy family and their distinct roles. Rose, the matriarch; Ethel, the athlete; Jackie, the icon; Joan, the fragile beauty; and Vicki, the redeemer. In reality, each woman was complex and multifaceted. As Kennedy wives, they were bonded through characteristics and experiences unique to the Camelot family. The Kennedy Wives is an exploration of these women that will offer...
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