{"product_id":"the-kennedy-curse-why-tragedy-has-haunted-americas-first-family-for-150-years-9780312312930","title":"The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeath was merciful to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for it spared her a parent's worst nightmare: the loss of a child. But if Jackie had lived to see her son, JFK Jr., perish in a plane crash on his way to his cousin's wedding, she would have been doubly horrified by the familiar pattern in the tragedy. Once again, on a day that should have been full of joy and celebration, America's first family was struck by the Kennedy Curse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this probing expose, renowned Kennedy biographer Edward Klein--a bestselling author and journalist personally acquainted with many members of the Kennedy family--unravels one of the great mysteries of our time and explains why the Kennedys have been subjected to such a mind-boggling chain of calamities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, \"Honey Fitz\"; the dynasty's founding father Joe Kennedy and his ill-fated daughter Kathleen, President Kennedy, accused rapist William Kennedy Smith, and the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: \u003ci\u003eThe Kennedy Curse\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedy's fantasy of omnipotence-an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot-and the cold, hard realities of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1647050\"\u003eEdward Klein\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.30w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312312930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312312938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO013000\"\u003eRich \u0026amp; Famous\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO011000\"\u003ePresidents \u0026amp; Heads of State\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Klein\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers A\u003ci\u003ell Too Human: The Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStory of Jack and Jackie Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJust Jackie: Her Private Years\u003c\/i\u003e. He covered John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, served as a foreign correspondent in Asia, and was foreign editor of \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. During his eleven years as editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, it won the first Pulitzer Prize in its history. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManhattan, inc\u003c\/i\u003e., \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he also writes Walter Scott's Personality Parade. He is the author of the novel\u003ci\u003e The Parachutists\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and Bridgehampton, Long Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50815419941161,"sku":"9780312312930","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_31be6ae7-97b8-474e-a234-a2c4dbbdfc72.jpg?v=1755577544","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-kennedy-curse-why-tragedy-has-haunted-americas-first-family-for-150-years-9780312312930","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}