The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy (Audiobook) (Repost)
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy (Audiobook) By David Nasaw, read by Malcolm Hillgartner
Unabridged edition 2012 | 30 hours and 56 mins | ISBN: 1611761387 | MP3 160 kbps | 2.18 GB
Unabridged edition 2012 | 30 hours and 56 mins | ISBN: 1611761387 | MP3 160 kbps | 2.18 GB
Following the success of Nasaw's 2000 biography of William Randolph Hearst, Senator Ted Kennedy approached Nasaw to write a biography of his father, Kennedy patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy. Nasaw told the family that as an academic historian, he had no interest in writing an "authorized biography".[42] "I told him I would undertake this project if I had guarantees to see all the documents at the Kennedy Library and elsewhere, and if I were free to write whatever I wanted, with no censorship or interference of any kind," Nasaw said. Senator Kennedy said he had read and admired Nasaw's book on Hearst and believed the historian would make a "fair evaluation of his life and contributions." The Kennedy family agreed to sit for interviews and to make Joseph Kennedy's private papers available.