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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 create the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men is the first volume in a multi-generational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family. Beginning in 1901 with twelve-year-old Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. delivering hats to Boston's social elite and ending in 1963 with the assassination of his son, President John F. Kennedy, Leamer seamlessly unites the complex strands of their economic, political, and social rise. This magnificent new volume is based on four years of interviews with Kennedy insiders and experts, as well as in-depth research including unprecedented new sources and materials: the private archives of JFK's longtime secretary Evelyn Lincoln, secret tapes JFK recorded in the Oval Office, revealing letters from the president's doctors, Rose Kennedy's never-before-heard interview tapes, and interviews with CIA operatives and Kennedy family members. Throughout, 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. His firstborn son, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., was the heir apparent, 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. Leamer details the heartbreaking story of President Kennedy's health and how it affected not only him, but also America and the world. Robert F. Kennedy, his brother's liege, was an attorney general of unprecedented power, fighting both organized crime and a secret war against Castro. Edward M. Kennedy, the youngest of that generation of Kennedy men, was a fun-loving athlete who reluctantly headed up the hard road to power. Combining powerful dramatic narrative with impeccably researched detail, Leamer illuminates the Kennedys' 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 from headline-making stories of great events within the Oval Office such as the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis to the secret untold tales of their wives and lovers-the story of the Kennedy men is here in all its triumph and tragedy. It is a spellbinding personal history of individuals and a journey of character through time told by a brilliant, masterful writer.

About the Author :
Laurence Leamer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including The Kennedy Women and The Price of Justice. He has worked in a French factory and a West Virginia coal mine, and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal. His play, Rose, was produced off Broadway last year. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida, and Washington, D.C., with his wife, Vesna Obradovic Leamer.

Review :
"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 "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 "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 "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 "...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 "Fascinating...Absorbing...With the dramatic and powerful style of a master storyteller."--Boston Herald "If there is only one book about the Kennedys to read this must be it."--Myer Feldman, Deputy Special Counsel to President Kennedy "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 heroic narrative...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 "Vivid...Leamer's writing is impressive throughout...He sets up the themes that will be the motivation and ruination of Kennedy men.--Booklist


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780688163150
  • Publisher: William Morrow & Company
  • Publisher Imprint: William Morrow & Company
  • Height: 232 mm
  • No of Pages: 896
  • Spine Width: 44 mm
  • Weight: 1311 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0688163157
  • Publisher Date: 16 Oct 2001
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 1901-1963
  • Width: 155 mm


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