Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her book, “The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys.” Goodwin begins by explaining that the book is an analysis of two immigrant families, their rise to power, how they became political dynasties, and the marriage that joined them and founded the most powerful family in America. She goes on to discuss Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy’s relationship with her father and her distress over her daughter’s marriage to a Protestant. She discusses Joseph Kennedy’s ambition and his resentment of his treatment by the Boston Brahman. Goodwin also explains the effect that being Irish Catholics had on the lives of both families.
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