The Fitzgeralds and the KennedysIn its drama and scope, Doris Kearns Goodwin's "The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys" is one of the richest works of biography in the last decade. From the wintry day in 1863 when John Francis Fitzgerald was baptized, through the memorable moment ninety-eight years later when his grandson and namesake John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States, the author brings us every colorful inch of this unique American tapestry. Each character emerges unmistakenly, with the clarity and complexity of personal recollection: "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, the mayor of Boston and founder of his dynasty; his independent and shrewdly political daughter, Rose, and her husband, the cunning, manipulative Joseph P. Kennedy; finally, the "Golden trio" of Kennedy children--Joe Jr., Kathleen, and Jack--whose promise was eclipsed by the greater power of fate. With unprecedented access to the Kennedy family and to decades of private papers, Doris Kearns Goodwin has crafted a singular work of American history: It is at once the story of an era, of the immigrant experience, and--most of all--of two families, whose ambitions propelled them to unrivaled power and whose passions nearly destroyed them. |
Contents
The Immigrant World | 3 |
Pageants and Processions | 21 |
The Other Boston | 40 |
Great Expectations | 58 |
Apprentice to the Boss | 71 |
A Long Courtship | 77 |
The Boy Politician | 92 |
A Most Energetic Mayor | 110 |
Policing Wall Street | 436 |
The Model Son and the Pied Piper | 456 |
Children of Privilege | 475 |
Tempting the Gods | 494 |
Arrival in London | 512 |
At the Court of St Jamess | 531 |
Peace for Our Time | 548 |
The Long Weekend | 574 |
Eyes Full of Laughter | 130 |
Guilty as Charged | 151 |
A Child of Mary | 174 |
The Mayors Daughter | 190 |
Harvard College 12 | 208 |
Banking could lead a man anywhere | 234 |
The Balance Shifts | 242 |
THE KENNEDYS 19151940 | 265 |
A Stranger Among Friends | 267 |
Learning the Tricks of the Trade | 289 |
Separation and Resolve | 301 |
The Wall Street Racket | 322 |
This is a gold mine | 339 |
Growing Up Kennedy | 349 |
The Young Mogul | 369 |
Gloria needs handling 7 | 381 |
The Queen Kelly Curse | 398 |
Riding the Roosevelt Special | 419 |
Hostages to Fortune | 590 |
THE GOLDEN TRIO 19411961 | 619 |
The Circle Is Broken | 621 |
Hero in the Pacific | 645 |
Forbidden Romance | 661 |
Now its all over | 683 |
Shadowboxing | 698 |
The Young Congressman | 722 |
The Lone Survivor | 742 |
Shooting for a Star | 750 |
Triumphant Defeat | 769 |
Burying the Religious Issue | 787 |
A Tip of the Hat | 809 |
Notes | 819 |
Bibliography | 891 |
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