The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family
by Laurence Leamer
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Chronicles five matrilineal generations in our nation's political dynasty.Tags
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Laurence Leamer was born in Chicago on Ocober 30, 1941. He is the author of thirteen books, including The Kennedy Women, and Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2015 his non-fiction book The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963, was listed on the Nrew York Times bestseller list. Leamer is a former Ford Fellow in International Development at the show more University of Oregon and a former International Fellow at Columbia University. He is regarded as an expert on the Kennedy family. Leamer was on the staff at Newsweek, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Playboy, and many other publications. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family
- People/Characters
- Ethel Skakel Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Joan Bennett Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy (show all 25); Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Kara Kennedy Allen; William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; Edward M. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Pat Kennedy Lawford; John F. Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Patrick Kennedy; Sydney Lawford; Aristotle Onassis; Caroline Kennedy; Maria Shriver; Sargent Shriver; William Kennedy Smith; Rory Kennedy
- Important places
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA; Washington, D.C., USA; White House, Washington, D.C., USA; London, England, UK
- Dedication
- To JOY HARRIS and BOB TAVETIAN
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction
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- 973.922 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001) Dwight D. Eisenhower, 2nd Term (1953-1961) Sputnik Crisis, Little Rock Crisis, National Aeronautics and Space Act
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- E843 .L43 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963
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