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.