The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy

Nasaw, David

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Penguin Press, New York, Toronto, London, Melbourne, &c., 2012

1594203768 / 9781594203763

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RIVETING: DEFINITIVE: NEW First Edition (Orig. April 29, 2003) First Printing: NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners BUT neatly price-clipped, NEW cover w/ black paper wrapping spine & extending 1.36" onto front & back paper covered in light-gray paper & initials "DN" gilt-engraved at top-center front panel & titles gilt-engraved on spine & sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding, PRISTINE interior printed on unblemished archival paper * 6.32" x 9.50" x 1.86", 1.24 kg, xxiv+868 (892) pp * 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, NYT 10 Best Books of 2012 * "Riveting.The Patriarch is a book hard to put down." -Christopher Buckley, NYTBR * ABOUT THE BOOK: In his magisterial work 'The Patriarch' celebrated historian David Nasaw tells the full story of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the 20th century's most famous political dynasty. Nasaw (the only biographer granted unrestricted access to the Joseph P. Kennedy papers in the JFK Presidential Library) tracks Kennedy's astonishing passage from East Boston outsider to supreme Washington insider. Kennedy's seemingly limitless ambition drove his career to the pinnacles of success as a banker, World War I shipyard manager, Hollywood studio head, broker, Wall Street operator, New Deal presidential adviser, & founding chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission. His astounding fall from grace into ignominy did not come until the years leading up to & following America's entry into World War II, when the antiwar position he took as the first Irish American ambassador to London made him the subject of White House ire & popular distaste. 'The Patriarch' is a story not only of one of the 20th century's wealthiest & most powerful Americans, but also of the family he raised & the children who completed the journey he had begun. Of the many roles Kennedy held, that of father was most dear to him. The tragedies that befell his family marked his final years w/ unspeakable suffering. The Patriarch looks beyond the popularly held portrait of Kennedy to answer the many questions about his life, times, & legacy that have continued to haunt the historical record. Was Joseph P. Kennedy an appeaser & isolationist, an anti-Semite & a Nazi sympathizer, a stock swindler, a bootlegger, & a colleague of mobsters? What was the nature of his relationship w/ his wife, Rose? Why did he have his daughter Rosemary lobotomized? Why did he oppose the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Korean War, & American assistance to the French in Vietnam? What was his relationship to J. Edgar Hoover & the FBI? Did he push his 2nd son into politics & then buy his elections for him? In this pioneering biography, Nasaw draws on never-before-published materials from archives on 3 continents & interviews w/ Kennedy family members & friends to tell the life story of a man who participated in the major events of his times: the booms & busts, the Depression & the New Deal, 2 world wars & a cold war, & the birth of the New Frontier. In studying Kennedy's life, we relive w/ him the history of the American Century. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DAVID NASAW is the author of 'Andrew Carnegie', which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, awarded the New-York Historical Society Prize in American History, & named a NYT Notable Book of the Year, & 'The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst', winner of the Bancroft Prize for history & the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize & a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. He is the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

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Titre
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
Auteur
Nasaw, David
Éditeur
Penguin Press, New York, Toronto, London, Melbourne, &c.
Année de publication
2012
État de l'article
New
Jaquette
As New
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1594203768
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781594203763
Illustrateur
33 Superbly-Selected B-W Photographs Beautifully-Reproduced in a 16 pp. Insert on excellent gloss-laminated paper (after p. 392)
Édition
1st Edition
Impression
1st Printing
Poids de l'article
1,24 kilogramme

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