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The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
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Danielle Dandreaux
I was born a decade after the assassination of JFK, but have heard about the Kennedy's a lot. When I saw this book on The Daily Show, it immediately caught my attention.

This book was a long, but interesting read. I found myself interested in parts of the biography that sounded boring and less interested in more interesting chapters.

The book begins with Joseph P. Kennedy's father's life. It was interesting to hear about the family's immigration from Ireland and start in Boston politics. Then it
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