The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga

By Doris Kearns Goodwin

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History

The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys (1987) is Doris Kearns Goodwin's history of two Irish American families in Boston. It begins with John F. Fitzgerald, the Boston mayor known as Honey Fitz, and his daughter Rose. It follows Rose's marriage to Joseph P. Kennedy and the family's rise, ending with John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. It was adapted as a TV miniseries.

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