BOOKS - The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
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The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Year: January 1, 1987
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 40 MB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 1987
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 40 MB
Language: English
and "The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys and " is the sweeping history of two immigrant families, their rise to become potent political dynasties, and the marriage that brought the two together to found the most powerful family in America. Drawing on unprecedented access to the family and its private papers, Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian Doris Kearns Goodwin takes readers from John Francis and "Honey Fitz and " Fitzgerald's baptism in 1863 through his reign as mayor of Boston, to the inauguration of his grandson as president ninety-eight years later. Each character emerges unforgettably: the young, shrewdly political Rose Fitzgerald; her powerful, manipulative husband, Joseph P. Kennedy; and the and "Golden Trio and " of Kennedy children - Joe Jr., Kathleen, and Jack - whose promise was eclipsed by the family's legacy of tragedy. Through the prism of two self-made families, Goodwin reveals the ambitions and the hopes that form the fabric of the American nation.
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