The Kennedy Curse: Why America's First Family Has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years - Hardcover

Klein, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031231292X ISBN 13: 9780312312923

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

Traces the misfortunes of the Kennedy family from the 1830s to the present to consider the author's theories about the family's biological inclinations toward trouble, citing such events as Joseph Kennedy's political activities, John Jr.'s marriage to Carolyn Bessette, and Jackie's struggles with anxiety. 100,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Klein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy and Just Jackie : Her Private Years. He covered John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, served as a foreign correspondent in Asia, and was foreign editor of Newsweek. During his eleven years as editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, it won the first Pulitzer Prize in its history. His articles have appeared in New York, Manhattan, inc., Vanity Fair, and Parade, for which he also writes "Walter Scott's Personality Parade." He is the author of the novel The Parachutists. He lives with his wife, Dolores Barrett, in New York City and Bridgehampton, Long Island.

Synopsis:

Traces the misfortunes of the Kennedy family from the 1830s to the present to consider the author's theories about the family's biological inclinations toward trouble.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 031231292X
• ISBN 13: 9780312312923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260