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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Thompson, Neal.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Thompson, Neal.       by title:      The first Kennedys :...       by call number:      LP 973.049162 K351t     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

The first Kennedys : the humble roots of an American dynasty / Neal Thompson. by Thompson, Neal. Thorndike Press/Cengage Company, 2022. Call #: LP 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:  9781432899165 (large print hc.) Alternate title:  Humble roots of an American dynasty. The first Kennedys 1st Kennedys Description:  563 p. (large print) ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. 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."--From the publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Home Delivery - HN Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 973.049162 K351t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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