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

Author(s): Professor of History David Nasaw (College of Staten Island, City University of New York)

Political

A "brilliant, compelling" ("The New York Times Book Review") biography of Joseph P. Kennedy, selected by the "New York Times "as one of the Ten Best Books of the Yearand a 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published materials from archives on three continents and interviews with Kennedy family members and friends, Nasaw tells the story of a man who participated in the major events of his times: the booms and busts, the Depression and the New Deal, two world wars and the Cold War, and the birth of the New Frontier. In studying Kennedy's life, we relive the history of the American century.


Product Information

David Nasaw is the author of "Andrew Carnegie" and "The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst." He is the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

General Fields

  • : 9780143124078
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : 0.726
  • : May 2014
  • : 211mm X 137mm X 48mm
  • : United States
  • : May 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Professor of History David Nasaw (College of Staten Island, City University of New York)
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : May-14
  • : 973.9092
  • : 868
  • : black & white illustrations