![]() Sally Bedell Smith gave me crucial assistance and emotional support along the way, and also inspired me with her books on Pamela Har riman (Reflected Glory) and the Kennedys (Grace and Power). Kennedy, was unfailingly generous and helped me arrange impor tant interviews. David Nasaw, who is writing a Kennedy family–authorized biography of Joseph P. Robert Kennedy, Jr., gave me permission to look at the Lem Billings papers. His comments about the effect of Joe Kennedy’s ambassadorship on Jack Ken nedy’s presidency were extraordinarily helpful. ![]() ![]() Kennedy speechwriter Ted Sorensen graciously spoke to me about President Kennedy. Melissa Wagoner in his office is one of those de lightful people who seems to make everything flow easily. ![]() Senator Ted Kennedy was kind enough to take the time out of his extraordinarily busy schedule to talk with me, and sent me a wonderful photograph of himself and his father in London. She was exceedingly generous with her time and knowledge. Her essay on the ambassadorial period was invaluable. I could not have written this book without Amanda Smith’s brilliantly edited Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. The community of Kennedy scholars was extremely welcoming and supportive. embassy in London, who has completed her own memoir, Shot in the Tail with Luck, regaled me over tea at her Georgetown home with lively stories from her book. Page Huidekoper Wilson, Joe’s young assistant at the U.S. Land shared her memories over lunch at her London townhouse, and Lady Sarah Baring Astor talked to me about her mother-in-law, Nancy Astor, and the Kennedys. The countess of Suther VER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD, Her assistant Helen Marchant was also very thoughtful they assisted me in finding photographs from that era. Deborah Mitford, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, kindly invited me to Chatsworth, and spoke to me at length on several occasions about the Kennedys during the years when the Mitfords lived around the corner from them. Kennedy Library Foundation for photographs and research materials. Jennifer Quan helped me obtain approval from the John F. Allan Goodrich was able to identify the copyrights of some of the most obscure pictures. Mary Rose Gross man went beyond the call of duty in helping me choose a rich selection of photographs and track down their copyrights. Stephen Plotkin, Sharon Kelly, Michael Desmond, and Frank Rigg were friendly, efficient, and resourceful in solving prob lems for me (and they tried to help me curtail my bad habit of licking my fingers while thumbing through piles of documents). Megan Desnoyers was extremely helpful in guiding me through the Rose Kennedy papers, showing me Rose Kennedy’s marvelously detailed London diaries (with newspaper cuttings pasted in) Kathleen Kennedy’s London diaries, which have never been drawn upon before and newly available family letters. Kennedy Library Foundation for permission to publish private photographs of the Kennedy family. Kennedy’s restricted papers and to the John F. Ken nedy Papers Donors Committee for granting me permission to study Joseph P. Kennedy Library research room, with its magnificent view of Dorchester Bay. Robert KennedyĪbout the Author Other Books by Will Swift Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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