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The Kennedys may well be the most photographed, written about, talked about, admired, hated, and controversial family in American history. But for all the words and pictures, the real story was not told until Peter Collier and David Horowitz spent years researching archives and interviewing... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
People edit
- Jacqueline Lee Bovier Kennedy: Jack's wife, known for impeccable taste and avoidance of the press
- Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy Jr.: Also called Bobby, the third child of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy and Bobby's namesake, whose personality is reminiscent of Jack's
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy: Father of President John F. Kennedy, a shrewd businessman and descendant of an Irish immigrant
- Seigenthaler: Add a description of this character.
- David
- Teddy
- Chris Lawford
- Ethel
- Hoffa
- Joe Junior
- Roosevelt
- Johnson
- Rosemary
- Kennedys
- Eunice
- Sorensen
- Young Joe
- P. J.
- Kathleen
- Mccarthy
- Jean
- Stevenson
- Joseph Kennedy
- Steve Smith
- Billy
- Fitzgerald
- Chamberlain
- Caroline
- Clemens
- Swanson
- Pat
- Bissell
- Schlesinger
- Hitler
- Shriver
- Choate
- Taylor
- Mcnamara
- Joan
- Carter
- Khrushchev
Setting & Locations edit
- Washington
- New York
- White House
- Hyannis
- London
- New England
- Boston
- United States
- America
- Hollywood
- Massachusetts
- Europe
- Cuba
- South Vietnam
- Palm Beach
- Paris
- Harvard
- Ireland
- Germany
- Hickory Hill
- France
- California
- Chicago
- Iowa
- Saigon
- Florida
- Ambassador
- Spain
- Wisconsin
- Augusta
- Bronxville
- Chappaquiddick
- Munich
- West Virginia
- San Francisco
- Southeast Asia
- Cambridge
- Los Angeles
- Princeton
- Berlin
- Alabama
- Britain
- Russia
- Indochina
- Laos
- Berkeley
- Africa
First Sentence edit
EXACTLY HOW MUCH A TALE his story was, how much a metaphor for the rise of the American Irish in general, Joe Kennedy himself would never acknowledge.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Horowitz (Author)
- Peter Collier
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Summit
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0671447939
Page Count: 576
Publisher: Summit
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0671447939
Page Count: 576
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.9220922
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Leaders & Leadership
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Rich & Famous
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Political
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Presidents & Heads of State
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