The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963

by Laurence Leamer

Overview

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 ...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060502881
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/28/2002
Series:	Harper Perennial
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	928
Sales rank:	181,679
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.12(h) x 1.55(d)

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.

What People are Saying About This

Burton Hersh

"Leamer has . . . taken more chances than any other serious writer in the field. This is a breakthrough.

Myer Feldman

“If there is only one book about the Kennedys to read this must be it.”

Dan Moldea

"This book is full of extraordinary revelations . . . this is serious history written by a masterful storyteller.

Gus Russo

"The last word on America's greatest political dynasty. Draws the reader into the Kennedys as no book before.

Editorial Reviews

…One of the most valuable accounts of a family that vowed to help shape it’s country, then did.

Newark Star-Ledger

Fast–paced…High heroic narrative…Leamer is well versed in the vast literature on the Kennedys…

Washington Post

Fascinating…Absorbing…With the dramatic and powerful style of a master storyteller.

Boston Herald

Leamer has a real gift for writing popular, accessible history…

USA Today

Vivid…Leamer’s writing is impressive throughout…He sets up the themes that will be the motivation and ruination of Kennedy men.

Booklist

"The last word on America's greatest political dynasty. Draws the reader into the Kennedys as no book before."

Gus Russo

"This book is full of extraordinary revelations . . . this is serious history written by a masterful storyteller."

Dan Moldea

"Leamer has . . . taken more chances than any other serious writer in the field. This is a breakthrough."

Burton Hersh

"Leamer is a great writer and storyteller . . . An honest account of a remarkable, perhaps unique, American political family."

Dr. Sheldon M. Stern

If there is only one book about the Kennedys to read this must be it.

Myer Feldman

"Leamer is a great writer and storyteller . . . An honest account of a remarkable, perhaps unique, American political family."

Doctor - Sheldon M. Stern