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The Patriarch
The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
David Nasaw
In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David
Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the
founder of the twentieth century’s most famous political
dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published materials
from archives on three continents and interviews with
Kennedy family members and friends, Nasaw tells the
story of a man who participated in the major events of his
times: the booms and busts, the Depression and the New
Deal, two world wars and the Cold War, and the birth of
the New Frontier. In studying Kennedy’s life, we relive
the history of the American century.
DaviD nasaw is the author of Andrew
Carnegie and The Chief: The Life of William
Randolph Hearst. He is the Arthur M. Schlesinger,
Jr., Professor of History at the Graduate Center of
the City University of New York.
“ Riveting . . . hard to put down . . .
[a] brilliant, compelling book.”
—Christopher Buckley, The New York Times
Book Review (cover feature)*
“ Panoramic. Never before has Joseph P.
Kennedy’s conduct been documented in such
damning detail, and never before has the verdict
on his character been rendered so persuasively.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“ The sort of biography that begs to be called
‘magisterial.’” —The Boston Globe
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