Overview
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The intimate, multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Codāthe iconic place where theyāve celebrated, mourned, and bondedābased on more than a hundred in-depth interviews by a Rolling Stone editor and journalist Kate Storey.
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, is synonymous with the Kennedy family. It is where, for a hundred years, Americaās most storied political family has come to celebrate, bond, play, and grieve. It is also the setting of so many events we remember: JFK giving his presidential acceptance speech, Jackie speaking with a Life magazine reporter just days after her husbandās assassination, Senator Edward Kennedy seeking refuge after the Chappaquiddick crash, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger tying the knotāand even Conor Kennedy courting pop star Taylor Swift. Anyone who has lived in, worked at, or visited the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port has had a front-row view to history. Now, with extraordinary access to the Kennedy familyāand featuring more than fifty rarely-seen imagesājournalist Kate Storey gives us a remarkably intimate and poignant look at the rhythms of an American dynasty.
Drawing from a wealth of conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, household and security staff, Storey presents a rich and textured account of the Kennedysā lives in their summer refuge. From the 1920s, when Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy rented then bought a home known as The Malcolm Cottage, to today, when many Kennedys have purchased their own homes surrounding whatās now called The Big House, this book delivers many surprising revelations across the decades, including what matriarch Rose considered the familyās greatest tragedy, the rivalrous relationship between brothers Jack and Joe, details about Jackieās life at the compound, and previously unknown glimpses into JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessetteās loving and ill-fated relationship.
āEngaging andā¦intimate anecdotes that often stand in contrast to predominant, media-created perceptions...Readers will come away with new insights and due appreciation for this uniquely American dynastyā (Booklist, starred review).
This book title, White House by the Sea (A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port), ISBN: 9781982159191, by Kate Storey, published by Scribner (June 4, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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