The house of Kennedy
(Book)

The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: To whom much is given, much is expected and Win at all costs. And they do--but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of Kennedy is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most storied family, as told by America's most trusted storyteller.

The Kennedy's have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks, prosper, and excel. For more than a century, the dual family motto's have been reinforced across dinner tables and playing fields alike: To whom much is given, much is expected and Win at all costs. And win they do-but at a price. Patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr., the silver-tongued financier whose backroom Mafia deals ensure his family's meteoric rise in politics...will later fall mute from a paralyzing stroke, left with only his memories to comfort him--or torment - him. The Kennedy son originally meant to be president was not Jack but Joe Jr., whose brave impulses lead him to a military glory...and a fatally disastrous WW2 mission. Jack's beloved sister Kick defies her Catholic parents and marries a Protestant, earning noble title in the process... only to be widowed a month later. On the morning of June4, 1968, Bobby saves his young son David from drowning...ad lest than twenty-four hours later David witnesses his father shot on live TV, less than five years after JFK's cataclysmic assassination. Across decades and generations, the Kennedy's have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed at once familiar and unknowable. The House of Kennedy is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most storied family, as told by America's most trusted storyteller.