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Author : Brian Patrick Kennedy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958538855
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (388 download)
Download or read book John F. Kennedy's Irish O'Kennedy Ancestors written by Brian Patrick Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kennedy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648496724
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)
Download or read book John F Kennedys Irish O'Kennedy Ancestors written by Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neal Thompson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0358438721
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (584 download)
Download or read book The First Kennedys written by Neal Thompson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here is that rare thing: an untold chapter in the Kennedy saga. . .Compelling and illuminating.”—Jon Meacham Based on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first book to explore the inspiring story of the poor Irish refugee couple who escaped famine; created a life together in a city hostile to Irish, immigrants, and Catholics; and launched the Kennedy dynasty in America. Their Irish ancestry was a hallmark of the Kennedys’ initial political profile, as JFK leveraged his working-class roots to connect with blue-collar voters. Today, we remember this iconic American family as the vanguard of wealth, power, and style rather than as the descendants of poor immigrants. Here at last, we meet the first American Kennedys, Patrick and Bridget, who arrived as many thousands of others did following the Great Famine—penniless and hungry. Less than a decade after their marriage in Boston, Patrick’s sudden death left Bridget to raise their children single-handedly. Her rise from housemaid to shop owner in the face of rampant poverty and discrimination kept her family intact, allowing her only son P.J. to become a successful saloon owner and businessman. P.J. went on to become the first American Kennedy elected to public office—the first of many. Written by the grandson of an Irish immigrant couple and based on first-ever access to P.J. Kennedy’s private papers, The First Kennedys is a story of sacrifice and survival, resistance and reinvention: an American story.
Author : Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Publisher : Merrion Press
ISBN 13 : 9781788551410
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (514 download)
Download or read book From Whence I Came written by Donnacha Ó Beacháin and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elected in 1960 as the 35th President of the USA, forty-three-year-old John Fitzgerald Kennedy remains to this day the office's youngest incumbent and its only Roman Catholic. His presidency was short, but arguably no US President has inspired more people around the globe than JFK. Even today, for generations born decades after his death, President Kennedy's legacy has an enduring appeal. Every year, in New Ross, County Wexford, the small port town from which his great-grandfather began his emigrant's journey, leading academics, politicians, writers and broadcasters from all over the world gather to reflect on the Kennedy family's record of public service and to discuss broader themes relevant to Irish, American and global politics. This collection draws on some of the best papers delivered at the Kennedy Summer School since its foundation in 2012, including pieces by former Obama speechwriter Cody Kennan, the President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Kerry Kennedy, and senior adviser to Bernie Sanders, Tad Devine. From Whence I Came is a fascinating collection and a fitting tribute to mark the 60th anniversary of JFK's momentous election to the White House.
Author : Thomas Maier
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786740167
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings written by Thomas Maier and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meticulously researched both here and abroad, The Kennedys examines the Kennedy's as exemplars of the Irish Catholic experience. Beginning with Patrick Kennedy's arrival in the Brahmin world of Boston in 1848, Maier delves into the deeper currents of the often spectacular Kennedy story, and the ways in which their immigrant background shaped their values-and in turn twentieth-century America-for over five generations. As the first and only Roman Catholic ever elected to high national office in this country, JFK's pioneering campaign for president rested on a tradition of navigating a cultural divide that began when Joseph Kennedy shed the brogues of the old country in order to get ahead on Wall Street. Whether studied exercise in cultural self-denial or sheer pragmatism, their movements mirror that of countless of other, albeit less storied, American families. But as much as the Kennedys distanced themselves from their religion and ethnic heritage on the public stage, Maier shows how Irish Catholicism informed many of their most well-known political decisions and stances. From their support of civil rights, to Joe Kennedy's tight relationship with Pope Pius XII and FDR, the impact of their personal family history on the national scene is without question-and makes for an immensely compelling narrative. Bringing together extensive new research in both Ireland and the United States, several exclusive interviews, as well as his own perspective as an Irish-American, Maier's original approach to the Kennedy era brilliantly illustrates the defining role of the immigrant experience for the country's foremost political dynasty.
Author : Brian Patrick Kennedy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958538824
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (388 download)
Download or read book The Irish Kennedys written by Brian Patrick Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's great-grandparents, Martin Kennedy, of Foilycleara,and Honora Burke, of Reafadda, Hollyford, Tipperary were married in 1858 at Kilcommon, Tipperary, Ireland. They emigrated to Brisbane, Australia in 1863. Their descendants live in Australia.
Author : Rev. John F. Brennan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Everyman: Ancestral Lineage of John F. Kennedy written by Rev. John F. Brennan and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Kennedy
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 1440849900
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Why England Slept written by John F. Kennedy and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1940, Why England Slept was written by then-Harvard student and future American president John F. Kennedy. It was Kennedy's senior thesis that analyzed the tremendous miscalculations of the British leaders in facing Germany on the advent of World War II, and in doing so, also addressed the challenges that democracies face when confronted directly with fascist states. In Why England Slept, at the book's core, John F. Kennedy asks: Why was England so poorly prepared for the war? He provides a comprehensive analysis of the tremendous miscalculations of the British leadership when it came to dealing with Germany and leads readers into considering other questions: Was the poor state of the British army the reason Chamberlain capitulated at Munich, or were there other, less-obvious elements at work that allowed this to happen? Kennedy also looks at similarities to America's position of unpreparedness and makes astute observations about the implications involved. This re-publication of the classic book contains excerpts from the foreword to the 1940 original edition by Henry R. Luce, an American magazine magnate during that era; the foreword to the 1961 edition, also written by Luce; and a new foreword by Stephen C. Schlesinger, written in 2015.
Author : Arthur Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book JFK and His Irish Heritage written by Arthur Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helen O'Donnell
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619025086
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Irish Brotherhood written by Helen O'Donnell and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irish Brotherhood is the history of Jack Kennedy's original political inner circle. Led by Bobby Kennedy, Kenny O'Donnell, Larry O'Brien, and Dave Powers they were tough minded, Irish–Catholic guys who were joined together by a common ambition to see Jack Kennedy through to the White House. War veterans who were young, ambitious, and they wanted their country back. Jack Kennedy was their man, their leader. No matter that he was Irish, Catholic, and his "Old Man" had made as many enemies as friends—Jack had ambition, brains, a special charisma. To win the White House would be a victory not only for Jack Kennedy, but for the downtrodden. They collectively decided that if the political powers would not let them in willingly then they would kick the door down. At the center of the story is Kenny O'Donnell, Jack Kennedy's tough talking, no–bullshit, top political aide. Jack recognized he needed Kenny's blue collar, political genius and Kenny recognized something special in Jack. The Irish Brotherhood describes what it was like to be inside the Kennedy inner circle. With Bobby, who was determined to make his own mark apart from his famous family, his life–long struggle, never won, never lost. With Joe, as Kenny and Larry prove to him that their outsider approach was going to work after Jack's crushing victory in '58, which sets the stage for the Presidential campaign to come. This book is a missing piece of the story of the improbable rise to power of John F. Kennedy and further fills out the picture of the man revealing that Jack Kennedy was at heart a politician. He enjoyed the rough and tumble and despite his personal issues, or perhaps because of them, he became determined to succeed beyond anybody's expectations. It is intriguing an indelible portrait of the son, brother, friend, Congressman, Senator and President.
Author : Ryan Tubridy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780762787807
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (878 download)
Download or read book JFK in Ireland written by Ryan Tubridy and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully nostalgic look back at JFK's historic visit to his ancestral home "This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection." --President John F. Kennedy, Limerick, June 29, 1963 For the first time ever, award-winning journalist Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the young, iconic President John F. Kennedy's only visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome, and glamorous John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the great-grandson of Irish immigrants and the first and only Irish-Catholic American to be elected President of the United States. He relished his Irish heritage, and in June 1963 he made a memorable four-day trip to his homeland. Five months later, he was assassinated.In this fully illustrated book, complete with never-before-seen photographs and heartwarming stories, Tubridy reveals the huge effect JFK's visit had on Ireland, and the affection Kennedy felt for his fellow Irishmen and his Irish heritage. He also portrays how those sentiments were reciprocated by a nation enchanted by the young President, whose people took him into their hearts.Fascinating and insightful, JFK in Ireland captures with authority and integrity the time that Kennedy described as "the best four days of my life."
Author : John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Nation of Immigrants written by John Fitzgerald Kennedy and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1964 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the struggles of successive waves of immigrants who came to America and includes the President's plea for a complete revision of our immigration law. The late President expounds the need for an enlargement of our narrow immigration laws. His book expresses an ideal defined by Washington in the first years of the Republic: that America should always be a "propitious asylum for the unfortunates of other countries."
Author : Richard Andrew Pierce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (529 download)
Download or read book The Irish Ancestry of President John F. Kennedy written by Richard Andrew Pierce and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William H. A. Carr
Publisher : Edizioni Savine
ISBN 13 : 8896365961
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (963 download)
Download or read book JFK : The Life and Death of a President written by William H. A. Carr and published by Edizioni Savine. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1963): What is it that sets apart one man from all others and destines him to be the leader of a great nation? Are there any qualities that mark off a youth in his college days, or even earlier, as a potential great man ? In this revealing and vivid story of the boyhood and maturing years of one of the great men of our age, the author explores these and many other provocative questions. This is the first biography of President Kennedy which tells the whole story — from his immigrant Boston ancestors through his three years in the world’s most demanding political office — to his tragic death and its dramatic consequences.
Author : Thurston Clarke
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101617802
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book JFK's Last Hundred Days written by Thurston Clarke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Best Book of 2013 A revelatory, minute-by-minute account of JFK’s last hundred days that asks what might have been Fifty years after his death, President John F. Kennedy’s legend endures. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been. As we approach the anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination, JFK’s Last Hundred Days reexamines the last months of the president’s life to show a man in the midst of great change, finally on the cusp of making good on his extraordinary promise. Kennedy’s last hundred days began just after the death of two-day-old Patrick Kennedy, and during this time, the president made strides in the Cold War, civil rights, Vietnam, and his personal life. While Jackie was recuperating, the premature infant and his father were flown to Boston for Patrick’s treatment. Kennedy was holding his son’s hand when Patrick died on August 9, 1963. The loss of his son convinced Kennedy to work harder as a husband and father, and there is ample evidence that he suspended his notorious philandering during these last months of his life. Also in these months Kennedy finally came to view civil rights as a moral as well as a political issue, and after the March on Washington, he appreciated the power of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., for the first time. Though he is often depicted as a devout cold warrior, Kennedy pushed through his proudest legislative achievement in this period, the Limited Test Ban Treaty. This success, combined with his warming relations with Nikita Khrushchev in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis, led to a détente that British foreign secretary Sir Alec Douglas- Home hailed as the “beginning of the end of the Cold War.” Throughout his presidency, Kennedy challenged demands from his advisers and the Pentagon to escalate America’s involvement in Vietnam. Kennedy began a reappraisal in the last hundred days that would have led to the withdrawal of all sixteen thousand U.S. military advisers by 1965. JFK’s Last Hundred Days is a gripping account that weaves together Kennedy’s public and private lives, explains why the grief following his assassination has endured so long, and solves the most tantalizing Kennedy mystery of all—not who killed him but who he was when he was killed, and where he would have led us.
Author : Maurice N. Hennessy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book I'll Come Back in the Springtime written by Maurice N. Hennessy and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Robert Carroll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book One of Ourselves written by James Robert Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating and faithful account of President Kennedy1s 31/2 day visit to Ireland in late June of 1963. Jim Carroll provides yet another window into the Kennedy legacy, creating a complex portrait of the man and the presidency. Exhaustively researched, the book and photos tell a memorable tale of the president's homecoming to a people and land long etched in his heart and at last on the verge of taking their place in the modern world's politics and economy. It is a day-by-day, hour-by-hour look at the places JFK visited; the people he met luminaries and average Irish citizens alike; the throngs who lined the roads to catch a glimpse of him or gathered to hear him speak; and the events that crowded his schedule. He touched a nation, and it touched him, in part because they shared a history of perseverance and adversity. Indeed, the trip represented the culmination of his historic triumph in the election of an Irish Catholic as president of a country where people could still remember store signs warning, 'Irish Need Not Apply'. His brief sojourn to Ireland revealed more of the private and spontaneous John F Kennedy than ever before seen in public. easier, happier, more involved and detached, more complexly himself than in the days of his Ireland visit'. Told with the help and recollections of many present during the trip, including aides, family, and friends, Carroll captures just such a Kennedy in this remarkable new book.
