THE SINS OF THE FATHER: JOSEPH P. KENNEDY by Ronald Kessler:

[Bruce P. Brychek]

Tuesday
03.24.2026
12:45 p.m.,
Chicago, Illinois time:

Dear Global Forum Members and Readers:

THE SINS OF THE FATHER: JOSEPH P. KENNEDY AND THE DYNASTY HE FOUNDED, 1996 by Ronald Kessler.

I previously Posted and wrote about this book. Here's a few direct quotes for you perusal.

"He was celebrated as the son of a Boston saloonkeeper and became the founder of America's own
royal family - the patriarchal force behind a U.S. President, three senators, an attorney general, and
three congressman as well as future presidential contenders destined to shape the nation's future.
Tycoon, moviemaker, diplomat, he achieved power beyond his wildest dreams, yet it came as a
colossal cost. He made his fortune as a bootlegger with connections to organized crime that would
haunt his family for decades. Now, based on exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with
Kennedy family members, award winning, bestselling author Ronald Kessler reveals for the first time
the full, authoritative story of the titan named Joseph P. Kennedy, including:
*His role in his daughter Rosemary's lobotomy
*The young woman he allegedly bribed to cry rape - and her subsequent mysterious death.
*His pay-offs to newspapers publishers for political endorsements.
*The woman he seduced and his nine-year affair with his secretary - a tryst that lasted three times
longer than his affair with Gloria Swanson."

"I just bought a horse of $75,000.00," Joseph P. Kennedy confided to the cardinal over lunch. "And
for another $75,000.00, I put Jack on the cover of TIME."

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