The Kennedys’ New York

The Kennedys’ New York

Tim English

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Editorial:
Timothy English
Año de edición:
2024
Materia
Biografía: general
ISBN:
9798218464868
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For the first time, The Kennedys’ New York: American Royalty in the Greatest City in the World reveals how New York City played a critical role in the Kennedy family saga. Via exhaustive original research, The Kennedys’ New York will present readers with a wealth of new and often surprising facts about America’s most fascinating family while explaining in detail how the time they spent in New York shaped the course of their lives.The Kennedys’ New York provides readers with a guidebook to the places that played a crucial role in this great American story. The Kennedys’ New York takes readers to the locations where history happened. Each of these places has a story to tell, giving readers a unique perspective on the Kennedy family’s history in New York, their chosen home.In The Kennedys’ New York, readers will discover:The small theater where, in 1985, John Jr. acted in a play that eerily anticipated his tragic 1999 airplane accident.The doctor’s office on W. 16th St. where JFK would finally have his back pain eased, allowing him to endure the rigors of the 1960 campaign and the presidency.The New York hospital at which JFK nearly died in 1954 and another hospital to which he was repeatedly - and secretly - admitted a few years later.The Upper East Side hotel at which JFK said a final goodbye to his young paramour in November of 1963, which would also the site of John Jr.’s secret meeting with Princess Diana decades later.The midtown theater where Jackie viewed the X-rated film I Am Curious Yellow in 1969.The midtown restaurant at which John Jr. ate his last meal.The private club to which JFK went after ditching his secret service detail while president one night in 1963, later grabbing a taxi back to his hotel!The two downtown New York apartment buildings - both of which, unlike her marital home, had doormen - where Carolynn Bessette lived in anonymity prior to her marriage.No reader will finish The Kennedys’ New York without learning new and sometimes startling details about America’s most intriguing family.

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