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Presidents (PBS Home Video)Smith, Jean Kennedy
Summary: The last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy presents an intimate portrait of her family's shared life that describes how her parents would encourage their children to discuss current events, forge a strong work ethic, and appreciate the sacrifices of their ancestors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SMICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KENNEDY SMISummary: A deft politician and skillful diplomat, TR's magnetic personality and genius for publicity made him a legend in his own time. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, this is an engaging portrait of the private man and the president who created the modern American presidency.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2008
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PREMaher, Kerri
Summary: London, 1938. Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy has taken England by storm. The effervescent It Girl of London society since her father was named the ambassador, Kick dances and drinks champagne at the hottest nightclubs and attends the horse races with nobility. Billy Hartington, the future Duke of Devonshire, sweeps Kick off her feet, but the obstacles to their love are many. Kick is American,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MAHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAHCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MAHKennedy, Robert Francis
Summary: The son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy shares memories from his turbulent childhood, the lessons he learned from family mentors, and finding his calling as a passionate environmental activist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Luxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Summary: Drawing from conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, and household and security staff, this multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on the nation's politics and culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STOLeamer, Laurence.
Summary: Focuses on Joseph P. Kennedy's sons and grandsons in the years following the assassination of JFK and features an account of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s life as remembered by ten of his closest friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENNEDY FAMILY LEAKoehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth.
Summary: Throughout her childhood, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff frequently visited Rosemary Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy’s sister. Why? Koehler-Pentacoff’s aunt, Sister Paulus Koehler, a Franciscan nun, was Rosemary’s devoted caregiver at St. Coletta in Jefferson, Wisconsin for fifteen years and her driver and travel companion for over thirty. The resulting book, which will be will be the first...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bancroft Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROSEMARY KOEHersh, Seymour M.
Summary: "In this groundbreaking book, award-winning investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh shows us a John F. Kennedy we have never seen before, a man insulated from the normal consequences of behavior long before he entered the White House. His father, Joe, set the pattern with an arrogance and cunning that have never been fully appreciated: Kennedys could do exactly what they wanted, and could...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HERThompson, Neal
Summary: Today, we remember the Kennedys as an iconic American family - the vanguard of wealth, power, and style rather than as the descendants of poor immigrants. Based on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first book to explore the inspiring story of the poor Irish refugee couple, Patrick and Bridget Kennedy, who escaped famine, created a life together in a city...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 THOMcNamara, Eileen
Summary: Examines the life of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, covering her Stanford education, her inspirational relationship with her sister Rosemary, her advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens, and her role as founder of the Special Olympics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHRIVER, EUNICE KENNEDY MCNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHRIVER MCNKennedy, Caroline
Summary: A selection of more than 300 images collected by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (many never seen before) that capture the formative years of a uniquely American dynasty and detail the family's progress as it grows from a pair of turn-of-the-century newlyweds into a populous, vibrant clan of hopeful young men and women on the brink of their brilliant destinies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENNEDY FAMILY KENSwift, Will
Summary: Fresh interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy and explores the intricate, often shifting relationships among Kennedy, Chamberlain, Churchill, and Roosevelt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2008
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Summary: Details the life of John F. Kennedy, Jr., assessing his definitive relationships with his mother and other women while chronicling the aftermath of his early death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR., ANDByrne, Paula
Summary: "Filled with a wealth of revealing new material and insight, the biography of the vivacious, unconventional--and nearly forgotten--young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break with her family for love."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, KATHLEEN BYRKennedy, Robert Francis
Summary: In this powerful book that combines the best aspects of memoir and political history, the third child of Attorney General Robert Kennedy and nephew of JFK takes us on an intimate journey through his life, including watershed moments in the history of our nation. Stories of his grandparents Joseph and Rose set the stage for their nine remarkable children, among them three U.S. senators--Teddy,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just nineteen years old and newly arrived from Ireland when she was hired as the personal assistant to former first lady Jackie Kennedy. The next thirteen years of her life were spent in Jackie's service, during which Kathy not only played a crucial role in raising young Caroline and John Jr., but also had a front-row seat to some of the twentieth century's most...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCKEON, KATHY MCKSummary: Television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedys during the 1960s. Dramatizes the scandal, tragedy, public greatness and private frailty of America's first "royal" family during one of the most momentous decades in history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kennedys Production (Ontario), inc. 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD KENTaraborrelli, J. Randy
Summary: A unique burden was inherited by the children of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his celebrated siblings, Senators Robert and Ted Kennedy. Raised in a world of enormous privilege against the backdrop of American history, this third generation of Kennedys often veered between towering accomplishment and devastating defeat. In his revelatory new book, acclaimed Kennedy historian J. Randy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KENNEDY TARPatterson, James
Summary: The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do--but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PATAdams, Cindy Heller.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dove Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENLarson, Kate Clifford
Summary: The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROSEMARY LARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KENNEDY LARLarson, Kate Clifford.
Summary: They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference. Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet, Rosemary was intellectually disabled-a secret fiercely...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2016
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Nasaw, David.
Summary: Draws on exclusive access to the subject's records to offer insight into his shrewd financial talents and considerable ambition for his family, discussing the controversies surrounding his character and his role in several mainstream political events.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOSEPH P. NASKlein, Edward
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003