The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963

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The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963

Author: Laurence Leamer
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 928
Cover Price: $ 19.99

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In this triumphant new work already hailed as a powerful American epic, Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to become the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men brings to life five bold, ambitious men. The Kennedy patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was one of the richest, strongest men in America's history. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was a handsome, gregarious youth who died a hero's death. John F. Kennedy picked up his brother's fallen mantle and carried it all the way to the White House. Robert F. Kennedy was an attorney general of unprecedented power. Edward M. Kennedy was a fun-loving athlete who reluctantly headed up the hard road to power.

Combining powerful dramatic narrative with impeccably researched detail, The Kennedy Men illuminates their aspirations and love of family, their accomplishments and failures, their heroism and frailty, their loves and passions, and their patriotism and selfishness. Filled with startling revelations, it is a spellbinding personal history of individuals and a journey of character through time.

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Background Information

Joseph P. Kennedy made a fortune during Prohibition and during the early days of Holloywood, starting a family of men who would be prominent in the next two generations of American politics. John F. Kennedy was a hero in World War II, a Senator from Massachusetts, and became the first Catholic President in 1960. Robert F. Kennedy belonged to the cabinet of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and later ran for president only to be himself assassinated in 1968.