The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded

by Ronald Kessler

Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy.

For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not a happy man. He also had no shame. What he cared about was having power. Through the political dynasty that he founded, he achieved that for generations to come. If he hurt and corrupted others in the process, no one had the courage to challenge him.

The results are the myths that continue to enshrine the Kennedy family and maintain it as a national obsessions. This book explodes those myths. Utilizing extensive research and interviews with Kennedy family members and their intimates, speaking on record for the first time, Kessler reveals stunning details of Joseph Kennedy's enormous accomplishments and the terrible personal losses he suffered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455521876
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	03/30/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	795,050
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

RONALD KESSLER is the New York Times bestselling author of The Terrorist Watch, The Bureau, Inside the White House, and The CIA at War. A former reporter for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, he has won sixteen journalism awards. Kessler lives in Potomac, Maryland, with his wife, Pamela.

From the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Kessler's catty tell-all, Inside the White House (LJ 1/95), exposed the day-to-day idiosyncrasies of recent U.S. Presidents. Here, he delves into the life of the monolithic Joseph Kennedy.

Library Journal