Kennedy Amanda Editor (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing of the First Edition. His granddaughter edits the former US Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy's letters spanning so much of European and Ameircan history and US politics, filled with revelations on his contemporaries, the Roosevelt administration, Europe's moves towards World War 2, the Kennedy family intimacies much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains notes, bibliography, indexed, 764pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 764 pp, index, b/w photos. Dj has light creasing and edgewear, sticker residue to back.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Editor's Note; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. The lower page edge has a remainder mark (see photographs). All pages are in as new condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square as new condition (see photographs). "Joseph P. Kennedy remains one of the most enigmatic and controversial figures in American history. From his humble beginnings as the grandson of Irish immigrants through his meteoric rise to statesman, diplomat, and finally to first father, he has been both beloved and vilified. In Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy, Amanda Smith has unearthed an extraordinary treasure of her grandfather's correspondence and several unseen photographs in a collection that reveals his metamorphoses. It is not only a living history of Kennedy's life, but also a revelation of his vision of his own family as the embodiment of the American dream. In the only firsthand record of his life, Hostage to Fortune begins in 1914, with the honeymoon of Joe and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in Atlantic City and ends in 1961 with Joe's disabling stroke. In between, we see the public and private Kennedy - father, husband, film producer, New Deal government official, and U.S. ambassador in London. The correspondence between his wife and nine children is a completely loving one that too often ends in loss and grief. His relationships with the great figures of the age - Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain, Pope Pius XII, and Charles Lindbergh - show him courting friendships but also fighting for his beliefs, a trait that would ultimately end his public career. At once a fitting tribute to her grandfather, a great historical work, and a chronicle of America's greatest family, Hostage to Fortune will engage American history lovers as well as a public that continues to be fascinated by the Kennedy family." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.12x0.91 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 207 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 298 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 251 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 371 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 220 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.