Hostage to Fortune

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Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Group USA
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Summary

The previously unpublished letters of Joseph Kennedy offer new insights into the man who fathered so many great Americans as they capture his relationships with his wife, children, and the great figures of his age, including Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Ch

Author Biography

Amanda Smith is Joseph P. Kennedy's granddaughter. She is a graduate student at Harvard University. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
Editor's Note xxix
Boston 1914-1927
1(54)
Letters
14(41)
New York and Hollywood, 1927-1932
55(50)
Letters
68(37)
Washington, 1933-1937
105(116)
Letters
116(105)
London, 1938-1940
221(288)
Letters
235(274)
Semiretirement, 1941-1961
509(192)
Letters
524(177)
Notes 701(22)
Bibliography 723(16)
Index 739

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