The Kennedy Men, Laurence Leamer
The Kennedy Men, Laurence Leamer
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The Kennedy Men

Author: Laurence Leamer

Narrator: Laurence Leamer

Abridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/30/2005

Synopsis

In this triumphant new work already hailed as a powerful American epic, Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to become the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men brings to life five bold, ambitious men. The Kennedy patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was one of the richest, strongest men in America's history. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was a handsome, gregarious youth who died a hero's death. John F. Kennedy picked up his brother's fallen mantle and carried it all the way to the White House. Robert F. Kennedy was an attorney general of unprecedented power. Edward M. Kennedy was a fun-loving athlete who reluctantly headed up the hard road to power.Combining powerful dramatic narrative with impeccably researched detail, The Kennedy Men illuminates their aspirations and love of family, their accomplishments and failures, their heroism and frailty, their loves and passions, and their patriotism and selfishness. Filled with startling revelations, it is a spellbinding personal history of individuals and a journey of character through time.Audio includes excerpts from President Kennedy's secret White House recordings of phone conversations and private meetings.Read by the author.

About Laurence Leamer

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caroline on December 10, 2012

The title of this book is somewhat misleading. It is ostensibly about all of the Kennedy men, but in reality it is largely about Joe Kennedy Snr and John F. Kennedy, with a healthy side-helping of Bobby and Joe Jnr, but Teddy gets fairly short shrift. And the fact that book ends with JFK's assassina......more

Goodreads review by Kris on January 19, 2025

I have had a fascination with the Kennedys for many years and was looking forward to this as I had read the author's "Kennedy Women" some years ago. However I found this book very uneven. Parts of it were quick reads and parts of it I had to put down after just a few pages. It took me far longer to......more

Goodreads review by Andie on December 19, 2015

One wonders at this point in time, what more can be said about the Kennedy family, but there seems to be a endless fascination with them, and I am not exempt from this phenomenon. Laurence Leamer's biography concentrates on the men in the family and ends with the assassination of President Kennedy i......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on December 08, 2014

I tried SO HARD to read this book. The Kennedy family has always been tremendously fascinating but he managed to make them all duller than mud. Took me months to get through and I'm a binge reader.......more

Goodreads review by David on August 15, 2024

" "Truth is the ultimate weapon in democracy, but truth does not work has quickly as deception." Leamer, p 488 "Truth is democracy's greatest weapon. It is a painful, difficult weapon that often seems to turn on those who use it, and is is terribly tempting to jettison it in dangerous times." Leamer,......more

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