The Kennedy Curse

Author : Edward Klein
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466826630
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedy Curse written by Edward Klein and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2004-04-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death was merciful to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for it spared her a parent's worst nightmare: the loss of a child. But if Jackie had lived to see her son, JFK Jr., perish in a plane crash on his way to his cousin's wedding, she would have been doubly horrified by the familiar pattern in the tragedy. Once again, on a day that should have been full of joy and celebration, America's first family was struck by the Kennedy Curse. In this probing expose, renowned Kennedy biographer Edward Klein--a bestselling author and journalist personally acquainted with many members of the Kennedy family--unravels one of the great mysteries of our time and explains why the Kennedys have been subjected to such a mind-boggling chain of calamities. Drawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse. The reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, "Honey Fitz"; the dynasty's founding father Joe Kennedy and his ill-fated daughter Kathleen, President Kennedy, accused rapist William Kennedy Smith, and the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: The Kennedy Curse is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedy's fantasy of omnipotence-an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot-and the cold, hard realities of life.

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9781787465350
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedy Curse written by James Patterson and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kennedys were always taught to win at all costs. And they did -- but the price they paid was unimaginable... Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel. Their name is synonymous with American royalty. Their commitment to public service is legendary. But, for all the successes, the family has been blighted by assassinations, fatal accidents, drug and alcohol abuse and sex scandals. To this day, the Kennedys occupy a unique, contradictory place in the world's imagination: at once familiar and unknowable; charmed and cursed.

Author : Edward Klein
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312999148
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedy Curse written by Edward Klein and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this probing expose Edward Klein unravels one of the great mysteries of our time, and explains why the Kennedys have been subjected to the chain of many calamities, The Kennedy Curse is an attempt to to de-mystify the family

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316494887
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of Kennedy written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with an all-new bonus chapter—in the bestselling The House of Kennedy, “James Patterson applies his writerly skills to real-life history . . . re-telling the political clan’s rise and fall and rise again (and fall again) with novelistic style” (People). The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do—but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of Kennedy is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most storied family, as told by America's most trusted storyteller.

Author : Thomas Maier
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 9780465043170
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedys written by Thomas Maier and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meticulously researched chronicle of five generations of the Kennedy dynasty explains how their Irish-Catholic roots informed their lives and political beliefs and reveals how the immigrant experience shaped both their remarkable success and many tragedies. 100,000 first printing.

Author : Edward Klein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756794316
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedy Curse written by Edward Klein and published by . This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains why the Kennedy's have been subjected to such a mind-boggling chain of calamities. Explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse.Ó Offers penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father; the dynasty's founding father, Joe Kennedy, & his ill-fated daughter Kathleen; Pres. Kennedy; accused rapist William Kennedy Smith; & the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette. Each of the 7 profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: the Kennedy CurseÓ is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedys' fantasy of omnipotence -- a desire to get away with things that others cannot -- & the cold, hard realities of life. B&W photos.

Author : Edward Klein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedy Curse written by Edward Klein and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kennedy curse: why America's First Family has been haunted by tragedy for 150 years/Edward Klein-1st. ed.

Author : Les Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995644717
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedy Curse written by Les Williams and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kennedys rose from the slums of Boston to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the United States, but their journey had not been an easy one. Of Joe Kennedy's nine children, two were killed in plane crashes, two were assassinated in public office, one was institutionalised and one had his political career ruined by an accident that resulted in the death of a young campaign worker. These and other tragedies have given rise to the legend of the "Kennedy Curse," but this book aims to show that there was no curse at all. We look at each of these events in some detail and in context with one another and we see that they follow the simple rule of cause and effect. Most of the tragedies that have befallen the Kennedy family were borne out of Joseph Kennedy's obsessive desire for wealth and political power. He drove his children hard and many achieved great things, but they made a lot of dangerous enemies along the way. The Kennedys were raised to believe that they were better than anyone else and that the normal rules of life did not apply to them. They were ruthlessly ambitious and would stop at nothing to get what they wanted and they pursued Joe Kennedy's dream with the passion of a crusade. But there would be a heavy price to pay and old Joe could only look on as one after another of his precious children were either taken from him or ruined. He witnessed almost all of these tragic events as they unfolded and as he saw the pain and misery the family had endured, he must have wondered if it had all been worthwhile.

Author : Joseph A. Citro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493032216
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cursed in New England written by Joseph A. Citro and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Englanders are always cursing. But a colorful profanity uttered by some stero-typically taciturn old Yankee is usually more humorous than menacing. Yet, true maledictions (the opposite of benedictions) have frequently been spoken on New England soil, curses intended to invoke evil, injury, or total destruction against other people. Stories about preternatural revenge are numerous in Yankee lore, with each New England state providing its favorites. You’ll read about curses that were followed by the strange disappearance of a father and daughter in Rhode Island, mysterious afflictions in Massachusetts, a river of death in Maine, an unaccountable blight in New Hampshire, unexplained madness in Connecticut, and other eerie happenings from New England’s colorful history. Some are well known, at least regionally. Others are nearly forgotten. Within these pages, storyteller Joseph A. Citro vividly brings these tales to life, letting us decide if these tales of woe were bad luck or . . . something else.

Author : William C. Kashatus
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640123466
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before Chappaquiddick written by William C. Kashatus and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 18, 1969, a car driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Cape Cod. Mary Jo Kopechne, a twenty-eight-year-old former staffer for Kennedy's brother Robert, died in the crash. The scandal that followed demeaned Kopechne's reputation and scapegoated her for Ted Kennedy's inability to run for the presidency instead of acknowledging her as an innocent victim in a tragedy that took her life. William C. Kashatus's biography of Mary Jo Kopechne illuminates the life of a politically committed young woman who embodied the best ideals of the sixties. Arriving in Washington in 1963, Kopechne soon joined the staff of Robert F. Kennedy and committed herself to his vision of compassion for the underprivileged, social idealism tempered by political realism, and a more humane nation. Kashatus details her work as an energetic and trusted staffer who became one of the famed Boiler Room Girls at the heart of RFK's presidential campaign. Shattered by his assassination, Kopechne took a break from politics before returning as a consultant. It was at a reunion of the Boiler Room Girls that she accepted a ride from Edward Kennedy--a decision she would pay for with her life. The untold--and long overdue--story of a promising life cut short, Before Chappaquiddick tells the human side of one of the most memorable scandals of the 1960s. Purchase the audio edition.