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Thompson, Neal.
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Kennedy family.
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph, 1858-1929.
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph, 1858-1929 -- Family.
Kennedy, Bridget Murphy, 1825?-1888.
Immigrants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Irish Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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Thompson, Neal.
Kennedy family.
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph, 1858-1929.
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph, 1858-1929 -- Family.
Kennedy, Bridget Murphy, 1825?-1888.
Immigrants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Irish Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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The first
Kennedys
: the humble roots of an American dynasty / Neal Thompson.
by
Thompson, Neal.
Mariner Books, c2022.
Call #:
973.049162 K351t
Subjects
Kennedy family.
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph, 1858-1929.
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph, 1858-1929 -- Family.
Kennedy, Bridget Murphy, 1825?-1888.
Immigrants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Irish Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780358437697 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Humble roots of an American dynasty. The first
Kennedys
1st
Kennedys
Description:
xiv, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-323) and index.
Summary:
"The iconic
Kennedys
are known for their political power, wealth, and style. For generations, they were America's royal family. But before the remarkable ascents of JFK, RFK, and others, and long before the myth of 'Camelot,' there was the poor Irish refugee couple who escaped famine to start a new life in a city hostile to Irish, immigrants, and Catholics. Patrick and Bridget arrived penniles, hungry, and hopeful, like many mid-1800s immigrants. They met, married and had five children together, losing their firstborn son as an infant. Three years later, Patrick got sick and died of consumption. This left Bridget to raise four children single-handedly in the slums of East Boston, the island across from Boston proper that was thick with poor Irish newcomers. Showing uncommonly shrewd business acumen, Bridget rose from housemaid to hairdresser to shop owner. Her success in the face of rampant poverty and discrimination kept her family intact, clearing a path for her surviving son, Patrick Joseph, or P. J., to make his own extraordinary ascent from dockworker to saloonkeeper to banker, becoming the first Kennedy elected to public office and a highly influential power-broker -- the first of many. P. J.'s political power capped a phenomenal trajectory made possible by the tenacious and strong-willed Bridget, the overlooked Kennnedy matriarch. 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." --Jacket.
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