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The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy Paperback - 2013
by Nasaw, David
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- Title The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
- Author Nasaw, David
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 912
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2013
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0143124072I5N00
- ISBN 9780143124078 / 0143124072
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.9 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 4.83 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Kennedy family, Politicians - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Summary
A brilliant, compelling” (The New York Times Book Review) biography of Joseph P. Kennedy, selected by the New York Times as one of the Ten Best Books of the Year and a 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography
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.
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.
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- New York Times Book Review, 10/06/2013, Page 28