The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 - Softcover

Leamer, Laurence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060502886 ISBN 13: 9780060502881

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2002

Synopsis

The renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family ...

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Review:

"Vivid... Leamer's writing is impressive throughout...he sets up the themes that will be the motivation and ruination of Kennedy men."--Booklist

"Fast-paced...High heroic narrative...Leamer is well versed in the vast literature on the Kennedys..."--Washington Post

"Leamer has a real gift for writing popular, accessible history..."--USA Today

"This book is full of extraordinary revelations . . . this is serious history written by a masterful storyteller."--Dan Moldea, author of THE KILLING OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity

"Leamer is a great writer and storyteller . . . An honest account of a remarkable, perhaps unique, American political family."--Dr. Sheldon M. Stern, Historian, John F. Kennedy Library, 1977 to 1999

"Leamer has . . . taken more chances than any other serious writer in the field. This is a breakthrough."--Burton Hersh, author of The EDUCATION OF EDWARD KENNEDY and THE SHADOW PRESIDENT

"Evenhanded...The writing is always tight and often graceful."--Library Journal

"The last word on America's greatest political dynasty. Draws the reader into the Kennedys as no book before."--Gus Russo, author of LIVE BY THE SWORD: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK

"Vivid...Leamer's writing is impressive throughout...He sets up the themes that will be the motivation and ruination of Kennedy men.--Booklist

"Fascinating...Absorbing...With the dramatic and powerful style of a master storyteller."--Boston Herald

About the Author:

Laurence Leamer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including The Kennedy Women and The Price of Justice. He has worked in a French factory and a West Virginia coal mine, and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal. His play, Rose, was produced off Broadway last year. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida, and Washington, D.C., with his wife, Vesna Obradovic Leamer.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060502886
• ISBN 13: 9780060502881
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 928