The Kennedy men : 1901-1963 : the laws of the father

The renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family ...

Biographer Leamer complements his book on the Kennedy women with the first of two planned volumes about the men in this unique family. He begins in 1901, when patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy was a boy delivering hats to Boston society ladies, and ends with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Drawing on files, tapes, interviews, the private archives of John F. Kennedy's secretary, personal and political messages written by the president when he lost his voice during the 1960 campaign, secret tapes and diaries, and other new sources, he weaves personal history with the political, economic, and social events of the time. Contains b&w photographs.

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Gus Russo

The last word on America's greatest political dynasty. Draws the reader into the Kennedys as no book before.

Presents a multigenerational portrait of the Kennedy men and their rise to the heights of American politics, beginning in 1901 with twelve-year-old Joseph P. Kennedy and ending in 1963 with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy The renowned biographer and __New York Times__ bestselling author of __The Kennedy Women__ returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family ... Twelve-year-old Joseph Patrick Kennedy may have been dressed like a young gentleman, but he walked with the bold strut of an Irish tough full of the lore of the streets.