Summary of James Patterson's The House of Kennedy

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#1 The ship Patrick Kennedy boarded in 1849 was the SS Washington Irving, which transported millions of Irish fleeing the mid-nineteenth-century Great Hunger. The ship’s conditions were universally harrowing, and the monthlong crossing from Liverpool to Boston was no exception.

#2 The Kennedy family, who were originally nicknamed the shanty Irish, had finally become respectable lace curtain Irish. P. J. had become rich in the liquor business, and he gave out free drinks to those who could help him rise in the Democratic Party.

#3 The Kennedy family had a mantra: win at all costs. They were extremely thankful for the country that had embraced their family, and they felt a duty to give back to it.

#4 The family moves to Bronxville, a mansion at 294 Pondfield Road, in 1927. Joe is a multimillionaire by this point, and the family is extremely happy. But they are not allowed to complain or whine, as Joe’s voice would clamped down on them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822544222

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The ship Patrick Kennedy boarded in 1849 was the SS Washington Irving, which transported millions of Irish fleeing the mid-nineteenth-century Great Hunger. The ship’s conditions were universally harrowing, and the monthlong crossing from Liverpool to Boston was no exception.

#2

The Kennedy family, who were originally nicknamed the shanty Irish, had finally become respectable lace curtain Irish. P. J. had become rich in the liquor business, and he gave out free drinks to those who could help him rise in the Democratic Party.

#3

The Kennedy family had a mantra: win at all costs. They were extremely thankful for the country that had embraced their family, and they felt a duty to give back to it.

#4

The family moves to Bronxville, a mansion at 294 Pondfield Road, in 1927. Joe is a multimillionaire by this point, and the family is extremely happy. But they are not allowed to complain or whine, as Joe’s voice would clamped down on them.

#5

Rose was a motherly figure to her children, and she kept very detailed family records. She was also nostalgic for her childhood memories, and kept many of them.

#6

In 1926, Joe Kennedy, who had already acquired two Hollywood studios, bought the smaller Film Booking Office of America, which would become Radio-Keith-Orpheum, RKO. He was the only studio head to run three studios at once. He wanted to make American films for Americans, but he also wanted to bed young women.

#7

The debonair Boston banker turned Hollywood producer Joe convinces Swanson to let him manage her finances, filing a charter in Delaware for a new company, Gloria Productions, Inc. , and instituting a complex system in which he’ll write a letter to the files saying one thing and then order the exact reverse on the phone. Swanson is not interested in this career-threatening idea.

#8

Joe’s only major failure was the ill-fated Queen Kelly, a sexually explicit, uncensored 1929 silent movie. He spent an additional six hundred thousand dollars to salvage the film, but when it became clear that the film was a disaster, he was devastated.

#9

Joe Kennedy continued to buy up theaters to show his films, and not everyone wanted to sell to him. He had