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The Kennedy Men_ 1901-1963 - Laurence Leamer [550]

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303, 307, 310, 446

articles written by, 153

athletic abilities of, 12–13, 15, 18–27, 50–51, 66–67, 110, 241, 589–90

awards and honors of, 27, 108, 110, 137

banking career of, 28–29, 31, 33, 42, 55, 201

birthday celebrations of, 198–99, 685, 687

birth of, 9

book supporting Roosevelt by, 108, 304

British ambassadorship of, 112–23, 126–30, 136–43, 146–50, 153–57, 161, 180, 195, 222, 259, 438, 472, 538

charm and candor of, 114, 153, 157, 160–61, 319–20, 337

childhood and upbringing of, 9–13, 17, 44, 54–55, 138

children of, see specific familymemberscompetitiveness of, 35, 67–68

Cuba and, 497, 515

education of, 9, 11–27, 33, 35, 41–42, 52, 64, 66, 70, 75, 94, 96–97, 103–4, 110, 133, 241, 267, 275–76, 332, 335

on family, 51–53, 92, 108, 141, 156, 165, 259, 664

on fate, 162, 189

father’s death and, 58–59

FDR’s relationship with, 69–74, 108–9, 115–17, 122, 137–42, 149–56, 180–81, 222, 248, 304, 417, 425, 464

in film industry, 51–52, 58, 60, 109, 181, 225

finances of, 11, 14, 17–18, 20–21, 33, 35–38, 40–41, 50, 53, 58–59, 69–70, 84–85, 87, 107, 109, 136–37, 180, 232, 249–50, 257–59, 294, 304–5, 311, 319, 384, 391–92, 404, 422, 426–27, 464, 586–87

generosity of, 71–73, 76

as grandfather, 589–91, 700

hat delivery job of, 3, 7–8

heritage of, 3–6, 9, 12, 15, 17–18, 22, 27, 30–31, 37, 41, 51, 54, 94–95, 117, 128, 181, 267, 437

Hiderand, 83, 112–15, 119–20, 123, 130, 149

illnesses and injuries of, 10, 20, 35, 146, 149, 394–95, 587, 590–95, 620–21, 730, 738

isolationism of, 32–33, 113, 119–20, 122, 125, 130, 138, 142–43, 146–47, 150, 152, 157, 162, 244–45, 274–75, 329, 392–93

JFK’s assassination and, 738–39

JFK’s inauguration and, 474–75, 592

JFK’s marriage and, 317, 319–20

JFK’s 1960 presidential campaignand, 357, 402–5, 417, 422–23, 425–29, 433–38, 446, 464–65, 468, 475, 599

JFK’s Senate campaigns and, 284, 294–99, 303–6, 390–95

JFK’s Senate career and, 312–14, 319

in liquor industry, 38–42, 52, 72, 180, 267, 382, 572, 603

McCarthy and, 300–301, 303, 307, 310

management style of, 73

Maritime Commission chairmanshipof, 107, 180

married life of, 29–31, 34–38, 56–60, 166–67, 176, 194, 338–39, 589–91, 593–94

mob connections and, 39–41, 464–65, 599, 602

move from Brookline by, 54–56

natural cynicism of, 32–33, 221–22, 259, 438

patriotism of, 11, 17–18

personality of, 3, 7–8, 14–16, 20–21, 32–33, 35, 52, 67–68, 114, 146–49, 151, 154–55, 180–81, 195, 221–22, 259, 295–97, 337, 438, 590

philanthropy of, 37–38, 257–59, 336, 393–94

physical appearance of, 3, 7, 9, 13–14, 16–17, 19, 41, 52, 56, 146, 157, 165, 242, 249, 320, 337, 387, 436, 446, 587, 589, 591–92, 594, 685, 738–39

popularity of, 14, 146–48, 150, 157

pride of, 180–81, 195

Profiles in Courage and, 350–51

religious beliefs of, 9–11, 22–23, 35–38, 48, 52–54, 59, 76, 91, 109, 116–17, 128, 152, 154, 181, 208, 219, 258–59, 280, 307, 739

PvFK’s attorney general appointmentand, 475–76, 665

RFK’s racketeering investigationsand, 365, 369, 371, 373

Rose Fitzgerald courted by, 13–14, 20–23, 26–28

SEC chairmanship of, 72–73, 91, 107

speeches of, 107–8, 113, 118–19, 121–22, 137, 156–57, 196, 274, 446

Stevenson’s 1956 presidentialcampaign and, 363–64

stock broker career of, 35–36, 38–39, 52, 57, 69

Ted’s 1962 Senate campaign and, 665–66, 669

temper of, 154–55

vitality of, 30, 180

wedding of, 28–29, 52

womanizing of, 23, 36–37, 52, 56–62, 96, 107, 118, 151, 160, 176, 249, 264–65, 337–39, 395, 406–7, 439, 447–48, 548, 587, 603

World War I and, 33–36

World War II and, 83, 112–15, 119–23, 130, 136, 139–54, 156–57, 160–63, 167–68, 176–77, 180–82, 186–87, 194–96, 203, 207, 219, 221, 233–34, 258, 639

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick, II, 569, 589

Kennedy, Kara Anne, 421, 580–81, 585

Kennedy, Kathleen, 478

Kennedy, Margaret Louise, 9, 11, 59

Kennedy, Mary Augusta Hickey, 3, 6, 8–11, 13, 15, 32, 44, 58

Kennedy, Mary Loretta, 9, 11, 59, 220

Kennedy, Matthew Maxwell Taylor, 516

Kennedy, Michael Le Moyne, 367

Kennedy, Patrick

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