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Hostage to fortune : the letters of Joseph P. Kennedy / edited by Amanda Smith.

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Hostage to fortune : the letters of Joseph P. Kennedy / edited by Amanda Smith.

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Hostage to fortune : the letters of Joseph P. Kennedy / edited by Amanda Smith.

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Full title

Hostage to fortune : the letters of Joseph P. Kennedy / edited by Amanda Smith.

Publisher

New York : Viking, c2001.

Call Numbers

N973.9062/1

Record Identifier

74VvA7z8e55O

MMS ID

991013529299702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxxvi, 764 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Viking, c2001.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

c2001.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"In the only firsthand record of his life, Hostage to Fortune begins in 1914, with the honeymoon of Joe and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in Atlantic City and ends in 1961 with Joe's disabling stroke. In between, we see the public and private Kennedy - father, husband, film producer, New Deal government official, and U.S. ambassador in London. The corres...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Hostage to fortune : the letters of Joseph P. Kennedy / edited by Amanda Smith.

Portion of title

Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 723-738) and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2001.

Other version (online)

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N973.9062/1

Record Identifier

74VvA7z8e55O

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvA7z8e55O

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0670869694 (alk. paper)

9780670869695 (alk. paper)

DDC

973.9092

MMS ID

991013529299702626

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