Short description
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.
Long description
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 ...
Review
?If there is only one book about the Kennedys to read this must be it.?Myer Feldman, Deputy Special Counsel to President Kennedy?Engaging and fast-moving?a stirring narrative.?Publishers Weekly Leamer is a great writer and storyteller . . . An honest account of a remarkable, perhaps unique, American political family. Dr. Sheldon M. Stern, Historian, John F. Kennedy Library, 1977 to 1999 Leamer has . . . taken more chances than any other serious writer in the field. This is a breakthrough. Burton Hersh, author of The EDUCATION OF EDWARD KENNEDY and THE SHADOW PRESIDENT This book is full of extraordinary revelations . . . this is serious history written by a masterful storyteller. Dan Moldea, author of THE KILLING OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity The last word on America's greatest political dynasty. Draws the reader into the Kennedys as no book before. Gus Russo, author of LIVE BY THE SWORD: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK Vivid? Leamer's writing is impressive throughout?he sets up the themes that will be the motivation and ruination of Kennedy men. Booklist?Fascinating?Absorbing?With the dramatic and powerful style of a master storyteller.?Boston Herald??One of the most valuable accounts of a family that vowed to help shape it's country, then did.?Newark Star-Ledger?Evenhanded?The writing is always tight and often graceful.?Library Journal?Engaging and fast-moving?A stirring narrative.?Publishers Weekly?Vivid?Leamer's writing is impressive throughout?He sets up the themes that will be the motivation and ruination of Kennedy men.Booklist?Engaging and fast-moving?A stirring narrative.?Publishers Weekly?Fast?paced?High heroicnarrative?Leamer is well versed in the vast literature on the Kennedys??Washington Post?Leamer has a real gift for writing popular, accessible history??USA Today