Author

Publication

2003 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

65,000 words, Guess

Page Count

260 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2003041400
  • Goodreads1032547
  • LibraryThing314224

Classifications

  • DDC929.2/0973
  • LCCE843 .K58 2003

Description

"Drawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse." "The reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, "Honey Fitz"; the dynasty's founding father, Joe Kennedy, and his ill-fated daughter Kathleen; President Kennedy; accused rapist William Kennedy Smith; and the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: The Kennedy Curse is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedys' fantasy of omnipotence - an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot - and the cold, hard realities of life."--Jacket.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography.

Other Editions

  • The Kennedy curse: why America's first family has been haunted by tragedy for 150 yearsHardcoverSt. Martin's Press2003-01-01

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