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The Kennedys

An American Drama

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The Kennedys

By: Peter Collier, David Horowitz
Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
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Who are the Kennedys? Are they the brilliant, heroic, extraordinary people their admirers believe them to be? Or are they arrogant, competitive, self-absorbed children of a willful and immensely rich patriarch, as their detractors claim? In fact, they are all of these things, and more.

Years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews with family members and associates and extensive research into archives and sources unused until now, this is the nationwide best—seller whose very publication caused an uproar in the press. The first and only book to fully penetrate the Kennedy inner sanctum and reveal the true, all too human saga behind America’s most famous family.

©1984 Peter Collier and David Horowitz (P)1990 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Biographies & Memoirs United States Politics & Activism Presidents & Heads of State Politicians Americas Russia
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"It's a saga for sure, but between these covers, the mythology of the name is blown away." ( Forbes)
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The Kennedys: An American Drama is a gripping history about America’s most prominent political family in the last century. The story begins with their earliest ancestor, Patrick Kennedy arrival from Ireland. The center of the story is his grandson, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, the patriarch that established the family wealth and the dream of a Presidential dynasty.

The authors, Peter Collier and David Horowitz provide an intimate look into the life of this family. This book is not hagiography nor simple minded Kennedy bashing. None the less, given the worship of the Kennedy’s, the book reveals an empty pursuit of power by JFK, Robert and Teddy aa well as reckless personal lives. Robert Kennedy seems to have been the true believer among the men. Collier and Horowitz follows the Kennedy legacy into the lost next generation trying to live with the tragedy of their dead parents. This is a satisfying history of a modern American tragedy.

Money Doesn't Buy Happiness

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The authors pull off the nearly impossible… Although it ends in about 1984, the book touches on everything of consequence within a one volume book; highly recommended.

Excellent overview of a huge family

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I’ve read my share of Kennedyana, my favorite being Doris Kearns Goodwin’s. Until now.
Big surprise for me was the inter generational influence of Lem Billings. Be sure to listen to the bibliography explanation about the difficulty in cracking the Kennedy hold on its image. David Kennedy spent time being interviewed for this book, got flack for “treason” by the Fam and then succumbed tragically.

More Insight, Less Burnishing

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The content is well done and well-written, thorough and interesting. i loved it. It is unfortunate, however, that the narrator mispronounced names and words (Picker-esque) and Ethel's maiden name mispronounced Skackel as opposed to "Skaykel". How can a book about the Kennedys get Ethel Kennedy's maiden name wrong. Unacceptable.

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The AI reading was terrible. inflection wrong. really hard to enjoy the listen while cringing.

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