Endnotes

Part I: Rose

1. From the Cradle

2. 284 Bostonians would die: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 29.

2. Between Joe and Honey Fitz

4. “was loud, brash, unrestrained”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 2.

4. “Mother had a limited capacity for”: ibid.

4. “I’ve been in the limelight since”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 12.

5. “As motherhood is the greatest . . . perhaps for future generations”: “Being a Mother,” Box 4, RFKP.

5. Instead, she took classes at the Sacred Heart Convent: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 20.

6. The Kennedys and the Fitzgeralds: ibid., p. 19.

6. “He was a very good baseball player . . . a very good polite Catholic”: ibid.

6. “It took teamwork and conspiracy . . . father was aware of”: ibid.

6. “for what Rose presumed was a brief vacation”: ibid., p. 20.

6. “toward the end of that summer, it was decided”: Kennedy, Times to Remember, p. 31.

7. all the while keeping Joe’s photo on her: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 23.

7. “Rose’s gender clearly fettered her education . . . Catholic finishing schools”: ibid., p. 31.

8. Joe graduated from Harvard in June 1912 and . . . East Boston bank his father had founded: ibid., p. 41.

8. “At Harvard and after graduation, Joe”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 3.

8. Fitz had no choice but to drop out of the race: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 41.

8. “I had read all these books about your heart . . . no two ways about it”: ibid.

9. At the end of October, they returned: ibid., p. 44.

3. Nine Little Helpless Infants

10. “They did come rather rapidly . . . a good many of them”: CBS News broadcast, October 31, 1967, Box 12, RFKP.

10. “When I look back now . . . morally and physically perfect”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 44.

10. “It was a nice old wooden-frame house . . . trees lining the sidewalks”: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Rose Kennedy’s Family Album, p. 38.

10. they employed a housekeeper who cooked: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 45.

11. “I conceived the idea of having”: CBS News broadcast, October 31, 1967, Box 12, RFKP.

11. “I used to weigh them every week”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 49.

11. “When I got to England I showed . . . couldn’t possibly keep track of all of them”: CBS News broadcast, October 31, 1967, Box 12, RFKP.

12. “Joseph P. Kennedy was not a shipbuilder . . .” Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 4.

12. Kennedy quietly formed a privately held company: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 4.

12. “I ran the house. I ran the children”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 56.

12. “You never heard a cross word . . . trusted one another and that’s it”: ibid., p. 54.

13. His wife, Mary, similarly became Rose’s closest friend: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 4, 5.

13. “In addition to maids, cooks, and nurses”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 58.

13. “I thought that was a terrible waste of money”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 6.

13. “Gee, you’re a great mother to go away”: ibid.

13. “He was a very active, very lively”: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Rose Kennedy’s Family Album, p. 68.

14. “In looking over my old diary”: Rose to JFK, November 10, 1962, Box 57, RFKP.

14. Rose had originally wanted to send her boys to Catholic schools: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 57.

14. Though her teacher, Margaret McQuaid, was delighted: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 163.

14. “As time went on, I realized she was slow . . .”: Diary notes, undated, Box 13, RFKP.

14. “I was puzzled by what this might mean”: Diary notes, undated, Box 13, RFKP.

15. “were told that she was a little slow”: ibid.

15. “Would it be possible for Jack . . . do all we can to help her”: Rose to Mr. Steele, January 10, 1934, Box 12, RFKP.

15. the females were being forcibly sterilized: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 164.

16. “to see what methods the nurse is using”: Diary notes, July 27, 1971, Box 5, RFKP.

4. Leaving Boston

17. “was the disciplinarian . . . banishments to the closet”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 71.

17. “He would sweep them into his arms . . . they would have conversations”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 6.

17. “Rose touched her children . . . excesses of affection”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 153.

18. The sole exception was Rosemary: ibid., p. 191.

18. “great warmth . . . didn’t want her around much”: Notes on an interview with Lem Billings, April 1, 1972, author unknown, Box 12, RFKP.

18. “She was a great believer . . . you ought to try them”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 75.

18. Unfortunately, Joe’s escalating involvement: ibid., p. 67.

19. “He was interested not in making artful”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 6.

19. “Up to age six, [the children] ate an hour earlier”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 69.

20. “posted articles or documents”: ibid.

20. “if they didn’t pay attention one Sunday”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 154.

20. “It was really quite a lot of fun . . . diplomatic and government discussions”: Hennesey, JFK Oral History #1, pp. 2–3.

20. “My mother was more articulate”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 74.

21. “The fact has come to my attention . . . demonstrating the different forms”: Rose to George St. John, September 6, 1932, Box 12, RFKP.

21. “I understood from Jack’s letter”: Rose to George St. John, undated, Box 12, RFKP. (Sadly, Rose’s papers contain no mention of the results of the subsequent “investigation.”)

21. He called Rose “our Pied Piper into . . . headlines the next”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 71.

21. He bought the mansion, a white Spanish-style: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 191.

22. “the most ably administered New Deal”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 12.

22. “I started going to Europe”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, pp.82–83.

23. She went to Europe at least seventeen times: Leamer, Kennedy Women, pp.187–88.

23. In Moscow, they visited Lenin’s tomb . . . fired her curiosity: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 90.

23. Roosevelt appointed Joe as the United States Ambassador: ibid., p. 94.

5. Ambassadress

24. There, Rose thought she fit in: Hennessey, JFK Oral History #1, pp. 1–2.

24. “Her doctor called me and said”: Hennessey, JFK Oral History #2, pp. 2–3.

24. That evening, when Joe visited Rose: Hennessey, JFK Oral History #2, pp. 2–3.

24. She agreed, and would remain: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 98.

24. “I wondered why she did that . . . twelve of us to move”: Hennessey, JFK Oral History #2, p. 3.

25. “Almost invariably they have been”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 15.

25. Joe Jr. and Jack, both at Harvard: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p.97; Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 241.

26. “I have a beautiful blue silk room . . . never saw one in my life”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 15; Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 241.

26. When Joe Jr. arrived in June: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Rose Kennedy’s Family Album, p. 201.

26. “Rose, this is a helluva”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 243.

26. “one of the most fabulous”: ibid.

26. She threw society debuts for Rosemary: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Rose Kennedy’s Family Album, p. 201.

27. She and Joe went to Ascot: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 247.

27. She was informed that a tiara: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 15.

27. “Disciplined, stoical, eternally gracious . . . deeply ingrained habits”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 248.

28. “You have worked very hard”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 137.

28. he traveled to Romania, Russia, Turkey: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Rose Kennedy’s Family Album, p. 203.

28. “Try as he might”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 19.

28–29. Later that month, Joe Jr. sailed: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Rose Kennedy’s Family Album, p. 203.

29. She was doing so well at the Montessori school: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 21.

29. “We expected to get married . . . He was a pilot ”: Hennessey, JFK Oral History #2, pp. 3–4.

6. Rosemary

30. “Democracy is finished in England . . . may be here, too”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 158.

30. “in such a desultory”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 27.

30. The press savaged him: ibid., ch. 27, 28.

31. “I am relieved too . . . no longer a necessity”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 159.

31. Jack was ordered to report: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 28.

31. She was placed in St. Gertrude’s School: ibid.

31. “In the year or so following”: ibid.

32. Both Joe and Rose were becoming convinced: ibid.

32. Moniz received a Nobel Prize: Perry, Rose Kennedy, pp. 164–65.

32. Sometime in November, apparently without the approval: ibid., p. 165.

32. Rose and the children wouldn’t visit her there either: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 28.

33. “It was then we decided”: Diary Notes on Rosemary, Box 13, RFKP.

33. “The operation eliminated”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 28.

33. “I will never forgive Joe . . . bitter towards him about”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 166.

7. The Marchioness and the War Heroes

34. “I can see improvement . . . typographical”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 170.

35. “It was easy. They cut my PT boat”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, pp. 95–99.

35. “We are more proud and thankful”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 173.

35. After a brief visit in Hyannis Port: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 353.

36. Stationed in Cornwall, he received: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 173.

36. “jitter-bugging, gin rummy”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 344.

36. He was widely considered . . . upon his father’s death: ibid., p. 262.

36. But Kick argued that she couldn’t . . . unacceptable husband for her daughter: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 175.

37. He was told he’d need surgery: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 29.

37. “The mere feel of his coat . . . he was really there” . . . “elf” was home safe: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p.174.

37. “As far as I’m concerned, I’ll gamble”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 29.

37. Rose wrote in her diary that: ibid.

37. She made herself so sick: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 176.

37. “Religion is everything to us”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 29.

37. “The power of silence is”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 177.

37. Billy Hartington was called into active . . . missions for the invading Allies: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 29.

38. “However, that is all over now”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 178.

38. “No doubt you are surprised”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 29.

38. His mission was to get the bomber: ibid.

38. “Dad’s face was twisted . . . dissolution into sobs”: Kennedy, True Compass, pp. 85–86.

38. “There were no tears”: Kennedy, Times to Remember, p. 301.

39. “I realized what a wonderful man he was”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 182.

39. “With her supreme faith”: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 30.

39. “crippled and mentally deficient children”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 184.

40. “It is beautiful here beyond words”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p.190.

40. Joe was the only Kennedy who attended: ibid., pp.192–93.

40–41. “I heard the grandfather clock . . . suited to one another”: Rose, diary entry, June 24, 1962, Box 4, RFKP.

8. Accolades, Weddings, Births, Victories

42. “In spite of his age”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 414; Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 197.

43. Joe Kennedy, as was his wont: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 198.

43. The fact that handsome JFK sometimes appeared: ibid., p. 199.

43. “Certainly I can appreciate . . . I lost one son” . . . left the stage in tears: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 423.

43. “those damn tea parties”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 203.

44. “I felt rather like a man”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 174.

44. Somehow Rose also found: Perry, Rose Kennedy, pp. 204–9.

44. they wed in April of 1954 and Pat gave: Leamer, Kennedy Women, pp. 447–50; Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 213.

44. The same year, Rose took the chance: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 213.

44. Though Rose was initially unimpressed: ibid., pp. 220–23.

45. “Sometimes a mother finds . . . answer to that child’s problems”: ibid., p. 212.

45. just an effective presentation: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 250.

45. “They just stared at us”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

46. Kennedys are “all over the state . . . different places at the same time”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 250.

46. By the time Jack was elected: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 508.

9. The First Mother

47. “To Mother—With Thanks” : Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 245.

47–48. “After my hair had been set . . . gave a laugh and out I went”: Rose’s diary, January 5, 1961, Box 4, RFKP.

48. “wanted to start his four years . . . to Almighty God.” She didn’t approach . . . informal winter bundling: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 249.

48. “we were left out of”: ibid.

48. More than twenty years later: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 516.

48. “I was overwhelmed . . . approached my 71st birthday”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 259.

48. “He really didn’t want her . . . and he let her”: “Billings notes, Friday April 1, 1972.” Author unknown, Box 12, RFKP.

49. “I wonder to myself”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 254.

49. Afterward, she joined Joe: ibid., p. 255.

49. The Kennedys gathered for their: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 39.

49. “Jack gets a great kick out of seeing Ted dance”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 258.

49. She objected to there: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 39.

49. He “is not at all himself”: ibid.

49. Others at the Thanksgiving dinner noticed: ibid.

50. After several weeks, he returned: ibid.; Perry, Rose Kennedy, pp. 260–61.

50. Every evening, they quietly: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 40.

50. “My impression . . . was very content” : Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 263.

51. “She was awfully good . . . gone so many years ago”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 551.

51. “This is the way . . . so every one will understand”: Rose to Bobby, July 10, 1962, Box 58, RFKP.

51. “I am trying to rest”: Rose to JBK, November 1, 1962, Box 14, RFKP.

51. “Mrs. Kennedy changed a great deal . . . left her conscience intact”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, pp. 555–56.

52. She also discouraged their publicizing: Rose to Bobby, April 29, 1963, Box 58, RFKP.

52. Jackie left the day of: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 274.

52. “Don’t worry . . . You’ll see.”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 593.

10. “We All Shall Be Happy Together”

53. She put on a coat: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 276.

53. “We talked about Jack”: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 446.

53. Joe sobbed: Nasaw, Patriarch, ch. 40.

53. “What do people expect . . . weep in a corner”: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 447.

54. She flew back to Hyannis Port: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 277.

54. “I am not going to be licked”: ibid., p. 278.

54. “every place I went the French . . . floods of tears again”: ibid., p. 280.

54. “I think all of the Kennedys . . . getting out of hand”: Cavanaugh, JFK Library Oral History Program, p. 20.

55. “I guess the only reason . . . more of us than there is trouble”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 283.

55. The lobotomy was not revealed: ibid., p. 268.

56. “Well, you see the answer to that . . . a retarded child”: ibid., p. 269.

56. This summer camp grew throughout: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 572.

56. The Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation: Perry, Rose Kennedy, pp. 288–89.

57. She was, alone among the Kennedy: ibid., pp. 293–94; Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 627.

57. A televised news bulletin informed: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 633.

57. The assassin, a confused, unemployed: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 21.

57. “It’s Bobby! It’s Bobby!”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 294.

57. With no children present to be strong: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 295.

57. Later that morning, a photographer saw: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 21.

58. “It seemed impossible . . . at home or on his trips”: “Diary Notes on Robert Kennedy,” Box 13, RFKP.

58. “I take renewed strength and”: “Notes on Faith,” Box 14, RFKP.

58. “all of you who offered your prayers . . . it will strengthen and fortify”: “Remarks to the Nation”, June 15, 1968, Box 13, RFKP.

11. On Destiny

60. “has taken three stalwart”: “On Destiny,” Fall 1968, Box 4, RFKP.

60. “Our family was the perfect family”: ibid.

61. That Sunday, the Chappaquiddick incident got more space: Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography, p. 145.

61. “unlike himself . . . disturbed”: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 306.

61–62. “Dad, I’m in some trouble”: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 177.

62. Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.: Perry, Rose Kennedy, p. 308.

62. “Several people enclosed a . . . ‘The poor . . . help them.’ ”: “1969 Following Joseph P. Kennedy’s death,” Box 4, RFKP.

62. “She sent a letter which quite overwhelmed me”: “She sent a letter,” Box 4, RFKP.

63. “Otherwise, they were more or less surrounded”: “February 1970,” Box 4, RFKP.

63. In July 1970 she flew: Perry, Rose Kennedy, pp. 314–15.

63. “one of the proudest and happiest”: ibid., p. 313.

63. “It seems the longer . . . ‘Skippy, Skippy!’ ”: Sister Mary Charles to Rose, October 14, 1971, Box 57, RFKP.

63–64. “I try to give her little . . . with care and concern”: Sister Mary Charles to Rose, June 21, 1973, Box 57, RFKP.

64. “she was progressing quite . . . try to accept God’s will”: Rose to Father Robert Kroll, May 1, 1972, Box 57, RFKP.

64. “I do sense and I do believe . . . has been her gift”: “Rosemary” Box 13, RFKP.

64. Published in 1974, Times to Remember . . . Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation: Perry, Rose Kennedy, pp. 321–22.

65. Exhausted by years: ibid., p. 326.

65. Only speaking with great difficulty: ibid., p. 331.

65. Her gravestone, fittingly simple: ibid., p. 332.

 

Part II: Ethel

1. A Love Story, with Detours

68. Ethel would later say it: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012

69. “soft and refined”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 142.

69. “Ouch . . . That was a black”: Kennedy,Ethel, HBO, 2012.

69. Pat would later refuse to answer: David, Ethel, p. 40.

69. “but he never knew . . . to talk or even think about it”: ibid., p. 40.

69. “She talks and talks”: ibid., p. 69.

69. “How can I fight God?”: Taraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan, p. 40.

2. The Rise of the Skakels

70. She had been raised: David, Ethel, p. 6.

70. His mother, Grace Mary Jordan . . . didn’t care much for Catholics or Jews: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 6.

70. “Skakel’s temperament was volatile”: ibid.

70. “Though sweet, refined, petite”: ibid.

70. As a young man, George: Munk, Nina, “Greenwich’s Outrageous Fortune,” Vanity Fair, July 2006.

71. His wealth insulated his: Taraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan, p. 38.

71. Ann was a tad taller than George: ibid.

71. As latecomers to faith tend to be”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 18.

71. “It was a very religious . . . strong religion in her”: ibid., p. 19.

71.“He was rarely around”: ibid.

71. Like Curt Skakel, Brannack: ibid.

71. They moved into a house: ibid.

71. In all, she had seven children: ibid., p. 21.

72. “It was a fabulous place”: David, Ethel, p. 15.

72. “The parties were always impressive”: Taraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan, p.

72. Potential business partners: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 50.

72. “My father practically never . . . a personal, beautiful thing, in their eyes”: ibid., pp. 50–51.

72–73. “the parties literally every day . . . we started drinking ”: ibid., p. 50.

73. George and Ann weren’t much: ibid., pp. 49–51.

73. The boys enrolled in Canterbury: ibid., p. 52.

73. Jack, who received “poor” and “fair”: Canterbury School report card, JFK library, www .jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/r7CyCR4RYUyeJmYMQdtowQ.aspx.

73. the rowdy Skakel boys: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 52.

73. Eventually, the clan headed: Taraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan, p. 38.

73. There, George bought a twenty-five-room: Munk, Nina, “Greenwich’s Outrageous Fortune.”

73. “featured hand-painted chinoiserie”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 63.

73. The library measured almost: ibid.

74. Outside the main house: Munk, Nina, “Greenwich’s Outrageous Fortune.”

74. He paid Simmons’s widow less: David, Ethel, p. 16.

74. For another forty thousand dollars, George: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 63.

74. Ann would adopt: David, Ethel, p. 3.

3. The Girl with the Red Convertible

75. “Dinner was at 7:15 . . . going to have supper at 5 or 10”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

75. “Every morning at college . . . I wasn’t a very deep thinker”: ibid.

75–76. “An excited hoarse voice”: David, Ethel, p. 36.

76. Ann would drive into town: ibid., p. 19

76. “saying grace before every meal”: ibid., p. 20.

76. Ann routinely invited clergymen: ibid.

76. George was known to always: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 29.

76. “There were some forty-five-caliber bullet holes . . . a few holes in their mailbox”: ibid., p. 89.

77. “All those cars ended up . . . was no punishment.”: ibid., p. 88.

77. “The Skakel kids weren’t . . . were a mass of insecurity”: ibid., p. 86.

77. “Our parents weren’t strict . . . philosophy was ‘Enjoy yourself.’”: ibid., p. 88.

77. There was Smoky Joe: David, Ethel, p. 27.

77. On weekends, she’d: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 82.

77–78. “She took to riding”: ibid.

78. If she had a date in: David, Ethel, p. 30.

78. Five Members of One Family: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 83.

78. The goal: to knock the: David, Ethel, p. 7.

78. “Ethel drove recklessly and at high”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 87.

79. While the market crash crippled: David, Ethel, p. 13.

79. Eventually . . . 65 percent: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 45.

79. “It could sell the purified”: David, Ethel, p. 14.

79. More plants followed in Illinois: ibid.

79. Calcined petroleum coke is a key ingredient: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 44.

79. George was one of about two dozen: ibid.

79. “In judging other men . . . the worst of the Depression”: ibid.

79. Once the war ended, George: ibid., pp. 94–95.

80. “Whenever a colleague . . . ‘You can’t quote silence.’ ”: ibid., p. 44.

80. “So she telephoned the distributor . . . refused to grant the discount any more”: David, Ethel, p. 22.

4. Manhattanville

81. Once, the girls wondered aloud . . . nuns scurried into the halls in their nightgowns: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 389.

81. Another time, after being snubbed: ibid., p. 390.

81. “Are the collections good”: ibid.

81. “This is ridiculous . . . too old to be grounded”: ibid., p. 389.

81. “took the demerit book”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

82. “Mother didn’t think we were . . . put up a wall between us”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 390.

82. “We’d drive up to Boston . . . had never rubbed elbows with before”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

82. “George hated Roosevelt . . . could have become a dictator”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, pp. 45–46.

82. “None whatsoever”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

82. Still, Ethel worked doggedly for Jack’s: David, Ethel, p. 43.

82. She even wrote a college thesis: ibid., p. 44.

82. After graduation, she toured Europe: Cremmen, Mary, “Ideal Romance Culminates June 17 for Bob Kennedy,” Boston Globe, May 28, 1950.

5. Bobby’s Wife

83. “He just couldn’t live up . . . gave him complete loyalty and ego building”: Buchwald, Art, recorded interview by Roberta Greene, March 12, 1969, John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.

83. “Ethel was head-over-heels in love . . . not so much Skakel anymore”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 144.

83. Her engagement ring was a showstopper: ibid., p. 166.

83. The engagement made Bobby’s: Cremmen, Mary, “Ideal Romance Culminates June 17 for Bob Kennedy,” Boston Globe, May 28, 1950.

84. “The difficulty in writing about Miss Skakel . . . shifted to her personality”: ibid.

84. The Skakels and Kennedys: David, Ethel, p. 48.

84. reportedly because the Skakels refused: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, pp. 167–68.

84. Ethel would later recall: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

84. Pat Skakel Cuffe: David, Ethel, pp. 47–48.

84. As Ethel readied to walk: ibid., p. 48.

84. Her long veil was double tulle . . . lilies of the valley: “Robert Francis Kennedy Weds Miss Ethel Skakel in Greenwich, Conn.,” Boston Globe, June 18, 1950.

84. “There were fountains of champagne”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

84. But by then, Joe had grown impatient: David, Ethel, p. 48.

85. They stayed in the most . . . suite was filled with fresh, fragrant orchids: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 171.

85. “just will of the wisp . . . wherever we had friends”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

85. Her children would later remember: ibid.

85. This was one challenge: David, Ethel, p. 50.

85. Ethel and Bobby truly seemed: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 173.

85. and later to the Farmington Country: David, Ethel, p. 50.

85. I like to see Bobby in”: ibid., p. 51.

85–86. “He was careful to choose”: ibid.

86. liberal Supreme Court Justice: ibid.

86. “When, at long last . . . third of the seats were taken by African Americans”: Holder, Eric, “Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the University of Virginia law school commencement,” May 22, 2011, www.justice.gov/iso/opa/ag/speeches/2011/ag-speech-110522.html.

86. “He was so charming . . . had to go through at that time”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

86. He tossed around words: David, Ethel, p. 53.

86. “Christians should work”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 183.

87. “Yes, I did . . . always talking about the Communists”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

87. McCarthy had been: ibid.

87. Bobby later would join McCarthy’s: Kennedy, Robert bio, JFK Library, www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/The-Kennedy-Family/Robert-F-Kennedy.aspx.

87. “at the time, I thought there was . . . I was wrong”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 2.

87. You know I told you . . . flowers in the room and everything”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 182.

87. While there, he attended a play: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 2.

88. Bobby had stood at a crossroads, torn between: Leamer, Kennedy Men, ch. 13.

88. Some of the names seem plausible: ibid., ch. 26.

88. She was ready to give: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 185.

6. First Births, First Deaths

89. “like a patient preparing for”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 186.

89. “She was basically terrified . . . she was scared”: ibid.

89. It didn’t help: ibid.

89. “He called me and said, ‘Ethel has gone to the hospital . . . fly right down?’ ” . . . two arrived in Greenwich to be by Ethel’s side: Donovan, Luella Hennessey, JFK oral history, http://archive1.jfklibrary.org/JFKOH/Hennessey-Donovan,%20Luella/JFKOH-LHD-02/JFKOH-LHD-02-TR.pdf.

90. On July 4th Ethel gave: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 186.

90. Senator Joseph McCarthy—for whom: David, Ethel, p. 55.

90. “Ethel had a lot of problems . . . suffering when I got there”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 187.

90. It didn’t help Ethel’s mental: ibid., p. 186.

90. “With her old friends. . . back to her parents’ house ”: ibid., p. 187.

90. When Ethel finally left: ibid., p. 188.

91. “Little boys are different . . . can love a little girl”: ibid.

91. Returning to Hyannis Port: David, Ethel, p. 55.

91. He decided to put his connections: ibid., p. 56.

91. Ethel was thrilled: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 190.

91. “It was a major decision . . . a big sacrifice”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

91. She labored to breathe: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, pp. 191–93.

91. Her worries proved unfounded: ibid., p. 194.

92. “All of her prayers . . . she visibly relaxed”: ibid.

92.“bedrock Democrats”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

92. “I just totally put the Republican . . . thought I was a little Communist”: ibid.

92. The Kennedys saw the Skakels as obscene: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 196.

92. “The only talk about the Kennedys . . . no closeness between the two families at all”: ibid., p. 195.

92. “Look, Jack” . . . An insulted George Jr. . . . without a crew: David, Ethel, pp. 8–9; Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 196.

93. “It can’t be. I still have”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 197.

93. “If Bobby can’t treat Ethel”: ibid.

93. “Bobby took me to the top floor . . . suitable for the maid’s room”: Kennedy, Rose to Ethel Kennedy, November 17, 1959, Box 14, RFKP.

93. “No one appears to have . . . disregard for money”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 481.

93. “Dad, I think you have . . . have Dad work harder”: ibid.

93. After conferring with his father: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 207.

94. By November 1953: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 2.

94. It was outside of the $500-a-month: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 209.

94. “George Skakel was quite fond . . . questioned its safety” . . . Some said they smelled . . . shrugged off the concerns : ibid., pp. 227–28.

94. “what’s all this nonsense I hear”: ibid., p. 228.

95. “It was hard on everybody . . . he did it”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

95. “There were no tears . . . only way they could cope”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 233.

95. “She does go to Mass . . . really tough things”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

95. None of the children wanted the sprawling: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 235.

7. Hickory Hill

96. The Georgian estate, which they: Associated Press, “Kennedy Purchases $125,000 Estate for Virginia Residence,” Boston Globe, June 2, 1955.

96. It was a beautiful, thirteen-bedroom: Oppenheimer, p. 241; John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, “Ethel Skakel Kennedy,” www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/The-Kennedy-Family/Ethel-Skakel-Kennedy.aspx.

96. George Brinton McClellan : David, Ethel, p. 88.

97. “During a recess, Cohn stormed across”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, p. 66.

97. With McCarthy’s Communist hunts: ibid., p. 70

98. Bobby swung and caught him in the face: ibid., p. 71

98. “Senate investigators said today they”: Associated Press, “Senate Probers Link Rackets to Teamsters Union,” Boston Globe, February 24, 1957.

98. A Portland racketeer: Kraslow, David, “Racketeers Tried to Rule City,” Boston Globe, February 28, 1957.

98. A man emerged from the shadows: Van Gelder, Lawrence, “Victor Riesel, 81, Columnist Blinded by Acid Attack, Dies,” New York Times, January 5, 1995.

98. Once Bobby’s sights were turned: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

98. Instead, they sat in the principal’s: ibid.

98. “I think her inner Skakel came”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 506.

98–99. “I think it might’ve been a”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

99. “What’s up there? . . . where he belongs!” the children would squeal: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, pp. 258–59.

99. Later, daughter Kathleen: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

99. In three days, the two women: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 506.

99. “[Bobby] really wanted the children”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

99–100. Three of the children had Brownie: Winship, Thomas, “It’s Just Like Circus to Kennedy Youngsters,” Boston Globe, July 14, 1960.

100. “This lovely little girl”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

100. Nobody looked tired in the . . . know how great Jack was”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

100. Predictable charges of nepotism: Dallek, Unfinished Life, pp.316–19

100. “There was this salamander named”: “Nephew Hands President a Slippery Issue,” Boston Globe, March 12, 1961.

100–101. “He had to be fed fish . . . kind of unusual”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

101. “Then we got to the . . . a tie for first place”: Buchwald, Art, “Judge Stays Impartial under Terrific Pressure,” Boston Globe, May 27, 1965.

101. “We changed our clothes and the”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, p. 591.

101. “Rose Kennedy thought Ethel’s parties”: Taraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan, p. 105.

102. “At 3 o’clock in the morning”: McCardle, Dorothy, “Mystery Follows Dunking Party on Hickory Hill,” Boston Globe, July 8, 1962.

102. “Any more . . . little more peace and quiet”: ibid.

102. “I mean whether conceptions”: David, Ethel, pp. 90–91.

102. General Maxwell Taylor, then: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 328.

102. Ethel had hoped: David, Ethel, p. 74.

103. “Everybody was talking about Vietnam”: ibid.

8. A Tidal Wave

104. On Friday, November 22, 1963, as . . . never called the house before: David, Ethel,p. 164.

104. for example, Bobby wanted to wage: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 5.

104. Ethel, naturally, shared her: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

104. After a beat, he put his hand . . . dark months to come: David, Ethel, p. 164.

105. “That’s the wife of”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 356.

105. While the rest of the family gathered: ibid.

105. “It was like a tidal wave . . . six months of just blackness”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

105. “Daddy became more withdrawn”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

105. his friends credited her: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 358.

106. “Whether I win or lose”: Pelkey, Herbert, “‘Win or Lose, I’m Staying in NY,’ Says Robert Kennedy,” Boston Globe, September 6, 1964.

106. “Three times, while standing . . . to keep him upright”: Morin, Relman, “An Astonishing Human Storm,” Boston Globe, September 13, 1964.

106. On November 3, 1964, he . . . won by only 700,000: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 16.

106. Ethel and the children were: Saltonstall, Pat, “It’s Back to McLean for RFKs (and Pets),” Boston Globe, January 10, 1965.

106. “Under any foreseeable circumstances”: Glass, Andrew, “RFK Not a Candidate in ’68,” Boston Globe, October 6, 1966.

9. Run, Bobby, Run

107. “I have absolutely no . . . EthelBird”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 373.

107. And even a weakened: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 19.

107. They also argued that Bobby: ibid.

108. The party was still going in: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 405.

108. “with incredible grace and incredible bravery”: ibid., p. 390.

109. “go a long way toward . . . you’ve got to realize that”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 19.

109. Bobby insisted that it: ibid.

109. “Do you know what . . . more people hate Bobby than hated Jack”: ibid.

110. Kerry, then eight years old . . . Matthew Maxwell wrestled with him: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 411.

110. “I do not run for the presidency . . . in this country and around the world”: ibid.

110–11. “If Ethel Kennedy . . . since Teddy Roosevelt’s day”: ibid., p. 413.

111. “This is Kansas . . . all the fucking way”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 20.

111. He somehow had to: ibid.

111. But Bobby Jr., fifteen: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 421.

111. “One of her rules was . . . ‘Yea, there’s Dad! This is great’”: ibid., p. 420.

112. After Washington newspaper: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 20.

112. When Ethel was campaigning . . . then walked away: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 419.

112. “Well, he didn’t deserve to be president anyway”: David, Ethel, p.176.

112. When Robert Kennedy’s name: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 20.

113. “For those of you who are”: ibid.

113. Riots broke out in 110 cities: ibid.

113. “we embraced each other . . . who reached out to me”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 417.

114. “Don’t you just wish that everyone was black?”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 21.

114. “Kennedy’s mood, often”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 21.

114. Ethel had made “Dutton Buttons” . . . and sharp Boston accent: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, pp. 430–31.

114. “I plan to remain active”: ibid., p.421.

114. “I try to keep our family life happy . . . the children are well”: ibid., p. 421.

115. “David was chided and . . . but that was it”: ibid., pp. 422–23.

115. Because he wanted: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 21.

10. A Tremendous Amount of Presence

116. Bobby was never able: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 20.

116. Each night at dinner: ibid., ch. 21.

116. “These are my people”: ibid.

116. “He was being truthful . . . embraced by people of color”: ibid.

117. “The kids were constantly . . . got a kick out of it”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 433.

117. Ethel crouched into the backseat . . . standing, seemingly unafraid: ibid.

117. He had an abrasion over: ibid., p. 434.

118. “I’m not doing this in order . . . and let’s win there”: “RFK part 1 Last Speech at the Ambassador Hotel,” YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXuHcQ1Mrqs.

118. “Is everybody else all right?”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 21.

119. “Ethel Kennedy is standing by . . . tremendous amount of presence”: Goldsmith, Seven American Deaths, pp. 44–45.

119. Five other people had been: MSNBC, “Key Figures Associated with RFK’s Assassination,” NBCNews.com, July 9, 2013. Web, May 30, 2014. www.nbcnews.com/id/24895033/ns/us_news-rfk_40_years_later/t/key-figures-associated-rfks-assassination/#.U4vGmRZ2CVk.

119. Two medics arrived . . . slipping into unconsciousness: ibid.

119. “he said something like”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 442.

119. Surgeons tried to remove: ibid., p. 443.

119. When Bobby was finally wheeled: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

120. “And the news just kept coming”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 446.

120. “If there’s one thing about our faith”: ibid., p.471.

120. “Don’t cry now”: ibid., p. 465.

120. “a good and decent man, who”: Thomas, Robert Kennedy, ch. 21.

120. “It was the only moment . . . resting against the casket”: ibid.

121. She greeted nearly every: ibid.; Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 473.

121. A priest said a prayer, and . . . into the ground: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 476.

11. Still Herself

122. she observed the old-fashioned: Flynn, Betty, “Ethel Year After: Still Herself,” Boston Globe, May 25, 1969.

122. The children were expected to: Leamer, Kennedy Women, ]p. 637.

122. She took the kids on: Flynn, “Ethel Year After: Still Herself.”

122. She poured significant energy: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 491.

122. She endured bed rest: Flynn, “Ethel Year After: Still Herself.”

122–23. “Ethel is the same person . . . as if he wasn’t gone”: ibid.

123. “frequent visitor to Hickory Hill . . . you can see the sorrow there”: ibid.

123. “I got it because of my cooking”: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 497.

123. “Ethel’s mood swept from deep”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 636.

123. The turnover for maids: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 640.

123. He pled with her, asked for . . . remained an issue: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, p. 525.

123. A rowdy bunch, they destroyed: ibid., p. 524.

123–24. “They untied boats from the docks . . . threw lit firecrackers into the house”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, pp. 660–61.

124. He and David escaped with minor: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 662.

124. He’d been in town to: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 727.

124. Warren Rogers of Look magazine: Oppenheimer, The Other Mrs. Kennedy, pp. 537–47.

124–25. “There have been so many times . . . last forty years”: Kennedy, Ethel, HBO, 2012.

125. “Because it was Rory who”: Associated Press, “Ethel Kennedy, RFK’s Widow, Is Subject of HBO Documentary,” October 17, 2012.

 

Part III: Jackie

1. Black Jack and Janet

128. His father’s fortune: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 2.

128. “Jackie and her younger”: ibid., p. 1.

128. Like Black Jack, Jackie’s . . . Janet and Black Jack wed: ibid., p. 7.

129. She was competing in equestrian: ibid., pp.8, 9.

129–30. “almost irrational social climbing . . . and I would”: Haslam, Nicky, “The Real Lee Radziwill,” New York Times, February 7, 2013.

130. “There was such relentless . . . which she always kept”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 13.

130. “It was like for the years from ten to twenty”: ibid.

131. It was there that she made: Smith, Grace and Power, p. xv.

131. “Jackie was already a rebel”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 15.

131–32. Jackie and Lee’s new stepfather: Haslam, “The Real Lee Radziwill.”

132. “My amiable, long-suffering”: Vidal, Palimpsest, p. 7.

132. “permanently susceptible to the”: ibid., p. 205.

132. “He was a kind man”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 21.

132. “A house more Victorian . . . Caroline and Jacqueline”: Haslam, “The Real Lee Radziwill.”

132. “dark, musty”: .Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 20.

132. Jackie did not share: ibid.

132. large brick neo-Georgian: ibid., p. 19.

132. “the lawn and the woods beyond”: Vidal, Palimpsest, p. 10.

133. “I always love it so at Merrywood . . . those great steep hills”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 25.

133. “Jackie never once spoke of step-this”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p.25.

133. “I think he . . . counted on us totally”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 25.

133. In 1944 Jackie and her horse Danseuse: Glueckstein, Of Men, Women and Horses, p. 64.

133. “had begun to concentrate”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 25.

134. “the prototype of the dangerous”: Bradford, America’s Queen, pp. 28–29.

134. “What we liked to do was . . . dirty old man”: ibid., p. 27.

134. “From its very start, in 1843”: Peretz, Evgenia, “The Code of Miss Porter’s,” Vanity Fair, July 2009.

135. “She really had a very dirty sense of humor”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 29.

135. One advised her twelve-year-old sister: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 29.

135. “never be a housewife”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 26.

135. “I remember that talking . . . enveloping you with this gaze”: ibid.

2. That Damn Vassar

136. “I spent two years at Vassar”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 27.

136. “I knew about her Deb of the Year title”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 70.

136–37. “She was intellectually very curious . . . it was most flattering ”: ibid., p. 71.

137. “I was struggling like mad . . . coach me through it”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 36.

137. “It was a transitory period . . . lawyers and stockbrokers”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 72.

137. “Jackie was learning the American geisha . . . she honed to perfection”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 37.

137. “beetle-browed bores”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 72.

138. “She couldn’t tolerate weak”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 38.

138. “I suppose it won’t be long . . . she has nothing”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, pp. 73–74.

138. “If I was dressed up . . . ‘Play the game’” : Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 36.

138. “You just remember, Jacqueline . . . obligation to warn us”: ibid., p. 37.

138. In January of 1948: ibid., p. 32.

138. The turmoil was not only: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, pp. 74–75.

138. “The precipitate decline of the Bouviers’ fortunes”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 33.

139. “glamour, glitter and rush”: ibid., p. 40.

139. “I’ve had a glimpse . . . soak it all up”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 76.

139. “the high point of my life”: ibid., p. 80.

139. “Like most French residences . . . trooper in the truest sense of the word”: ibid.

139–40. “The most wonderful thing here is . . . that is playing”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 41.

140. “it was just too luxurious and”: ibid., p. 42.

140. “Don’t you ever plan to come home?” ibid, p.42.

140. “You may hate the thought . . . half as bad as you think”: ibid., pp. 41–42.

140. “Jackie’s favorite activity was . . . stories they had to tell”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 83.

141. “She was an extremely . . . didn’t need to take my classes”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 29.

141. “an autobiography; technical”: ibid., p. 30.

141. “As to physical appearance”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 46.

141. “poets and idealists who could”: ibid.

142. The whirlwind trip was: ibid., pp. 48–49.

142. “After the dinner, why, I walked . . . couldn’t join him for a drink”: Bartlett, JFK Oral History #1, pp. 20–21.

3. The Career Woman and the Distinguished Gentleman

143. “Perhaps her mother and stepfather”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 31.

143. An encounter with a flamboyantly gay staff: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 4.9

143. Jackie, trained in the use of a professional: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 32.

144. “You could make the column . . . capture how they talked”: Smith, Grace and Power, pp. 25–26.

144. “Do you think a wife should . . . young man’s slave”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 53; Smith, Grace and Power, p. 26.

144. There are a differing accounts: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 32; Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 92; Bradford, p. 56.

144. “tall, well-built, urbane, very”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 91.

144. “She didn’t say much and neither . . . much you could say”: ibid., p. 108.

144. And Jackie confided her fears: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 57.

145. “If you didn’t get on the offensive”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

145. For example, steroids prescribed for digestive: Perry, Jacqueline Bouvier, p. 33, citing Dallek, Unfinished Life.

146. “A remarkable combination of informality”: Bernstein, JFK Oral History, pp. 2–5.

4. A Sporadic Courtship, A Celebrity Wedding

147–48. “He had no facility for”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 34.

148. “He saw her as a kindred spirit”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 193.

148. “He’d call me from some oyster bar”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 35.

148. She took part in his intellectual: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 114.

148. “How can I explain these people?”: ibid., p.115.

149. “when they have nothing else to”: ibid., p. 116.

149. “Joe Kennedy not only condoned . . . ‘A politician has to . . . we’ve ever seen around here.’ ”: ibid., p. 117.

149. “I remember the first time . . . won them over pretty quickly.”: Haslam, Nicky, “The Real Lee Radziwill,” New York Times, February 7, 2013.

149. “He really brightened . . . not true of many women”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 193.

150. “The year before we were married . . . on crutches more than not”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

150. “She wasn’t sexually attracted . . . terribly obvious Freudian situations”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 194.

150. “she would never have married”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 67.

150. “Articles excellent but you are missed”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 36.

150. The engagement hit the papers: ibid., p. 37.

150. The wedding was, at Joe’s direction: ibid., p. 37.

151. “something traditional and old-fashioned”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 130.

151. “Joe reportedly was particularly pleased”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 37.

151. “He was on his best behavior . . . went straight to the bar”: Vidal, Palimpsest, pp. 18–19.

151. “The only time I ever. . . . was a nightmare”: Haslam, “The Real Lee Radziwill.”

151–52. “This is the most beautiful place . . . how unbelievably heavenly Jack is”: JBK to Joe and Rose Kennedy, 1953, RFKP, Box 14.

152. “at last I know the true meaning”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 194.

152. As early as a couple of weeks into: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 135.

5. Jack’s Dark Side

153. “I had designs on John . . . most eligible bachelor in New England”: Coit, JFK Oral History, p. 1.

153. “overwhelming impression was . . . small stubby fingered hands.”: ibid., p. 2.

154. “I gave a gulp”: ibid., p. 3.

154. “glamour-boy pictures . . . had gone home”: ibid., pp. 3–4

154. “a little open topless”: ibid., p. 4.

154–55. “Where I made my mistake. . . ‘But I can’t wait . . . haven’t any time’ ”: ibid., pp. 4–5.

155. “He was so cold”: ibid., p. 5.

155. “he frightened me more”: ibid.

155. “I was afraid”: ibid., p. 6.

155. “I don’t think there are any men”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 194.

156. “after the first year they were”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, pp. 194–95.

6. The Senator’s Wife

157. “I was taken immediately . . . have dinner at the Ritz”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

157. “It just seems it was suitcases”: ibid.

157. “It was terrifically nomadic”: ibid.

157. While Jack and Fay attended: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 76.

158. “a nearly permanent houseguest”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 43.

158. “Almost immediately, all the Kennedys”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 137.

158. “I don’t think she ever felt . . . play touch football”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 91.

158. Not only did she not fit into: ibid.

158. “So he loved the Irish . . . don’t feel any jealousy”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

158. “I was alone almost . . . no home life whatsoever”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 194.

159. “prepared for the humiliation”: ibid.

159. “After their marriage his suits . . . an immaculate dresser”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, pp. 40–41.

159. “[Jack] tended to talk on and on”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p.168.

159. “He consulted an ear, nose”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 195.

160. “had become almost unbearable . . . descend stairs sideways”: ibid., p. 196.

160. “Jack was determined to have . . . paralyzed by pain”: ibid.

160. “Jackie was magnificent with him . . . distract him from the pain”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 171.

161. “huge, open, oozing . . . had to have backbone”: ibid., p. 173.

161. “the winter of [Jack’s] back”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

161. “Jack did more on the book . . . of any one person ”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 199.

161. “whose help during all the days”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, pp. 44–45.

161. “I thought it would be a place”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

162. She also broke her ankle: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 46.

162. Speaking engagements had Jack: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

162. During this time and through the end of 1959: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 180.

162. “hiked up her dress and broke”: Maxine Cheshire, quoted in ibid., p. 186.

162. As far as Jackie knew, Jack was relaxing with his dad: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

162. Jack was enjoying himself enough”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 190.

163. Only after Smathers warned him: ibid., pp. 190–91.

163. “Everything is getting better . . . make you a grandmother yet”: Letter from JBK to Rose, undated, Box 12, RFKP.

163. “I didn’t want to live there”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

163. Built in 1812, the three-story: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 48.

163. “I remember that when she got . . . red chintz one week”: Janet Auchincloss, JFK Oral History #1, p. 11.

164. “They had an entirely average marriage”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 203.

164. “We were having dinner”: Janet Auchincloss, JFK Oral History #1, p. 11.

164. Buried next to his mother: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 113.

7. The Campaigner

166. “as robust as a sumo”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 200.

166. “I will always remember the sweet expression”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 49.

166. “was more emotional about Caroline’s”: ibid.

166. “There was cook Pearl”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 121.

167. “I don’t like to buy”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 201.

167. “When Jackie opened her mouth”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 50.

167. “simply invaluable”: ibid.

167. Jack handily won: ibid.

168. “Bonjour, mes amis”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 123.

168. “You could just hear the screaming . . . embarrassment on my part”: ibid.

169. “candidates’ spouses in the 1960 election”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 57.

169. “answer any questions they may have”: ibid., p. 61.

169. “there were over three million”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 503.

169. “underneath a veil of lovely”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 51.

169. “judgment of people . . . she didn’t conceal it”: Bradford, America’s Queen, pp. 129–30.

170. “About the fifth day out”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

170. “All the talk over what”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 60.

170. “the longest night”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 509.

170. Though the Secret Service quietly: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 244.

170. “303 electoral votes to Nixon’s 219”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 294.

170. Almost a month premature: Bradford, America’s Queen, pp.141–42.

171. “behind a door somewhere, out of sight”: ibid., p.142.

171. “two-hour crying jag”: ibid., p.143.

171. “The month after the baby’s birth . . . couldn’t hold any food down”: JBK to Rose, Box 14, RFKP. This letter was written to Rose in 1973, to help Rose as she assembled her memoirs.

171. “I said Mrs. Truman . . . my babies and their father”: ibid.

171. “I felt the President’s house”: ibid.

172. “From her bed [Jackie] is trying . . . the Library of Congress”: “1961: January 4-5, Jackie, Avedon, Hairdressers.” Box 4, RFKP.

172. Unfortunately, JFK was allergic: “Times to Remember background materials,” Box 12, RFKP.

172. “The common misconception . . . influence on fashion”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 255.

172. The designer Halston: ibid.

173. “You will be there . . . given with maximum politeness”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 148.

173. “I won’t give any interviews”: ibid.

173. Tish was prone to gaffes: ibid., p. 144.

174. “I did not wish to hurt her . . . church or someplace later”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 515.

174. The Secret Service, having: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 36.

174. “[It] was not a happy time in my: JBK to Rose, June 1973, RFKP Box 14.

174. An exhausted Jackie had: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, pp. 256–57.

174. Pat Nixon, who sat next: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 165.

175. “the Kennedys, Fitzgeralds, and Bouviers”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 521.

175. “Jesus Christ”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 166.

175. “I missed all the gala things . . . one rises to it”: ibid.

8. The Queen of the Restoration

176. “My first impression of Mrs. Kennedy . . . learned it rapidly and gracefully”: Avery, JFK Oral History, p. 4.

176. “a gaunt, unloved mansion”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 169.

176. “the peculiar combination of vomit”: Alsop, “I’ve Seen the Best of It,” pp. 434–35.

176. The two preferred to eat together: Bradford, America’s Queen, pp. 170–71.

176. “there was not a kitchen”: West, JFK Oral History, p. 3.

177. “Because the process of gutting”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 101.

177. “It was filled with”: West, JFK Oral History, p. 3.

177. The Eisenhowers hadn’t felt the need: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 262.

177. “for the first time we were faced”: Avery, JFK Oral History, pp. 2–3.

177. “Mrs. Kennedy came in frequently . . . you’d get the phone call”: ibid., p. 4.

178. “Jackie’s wish, murmured with a”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 264.

178. Between the paces she put: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 174.

178. “When I learned I would be living . . . nothing in it earlier than 1948”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 95.

178. “We’ve got a lot of work ahead . . . this into a grand house”: Smith, Grace and Power, pp. 89–90.

178. “I know we’re out of money . . . antiques into this house”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 174.

178. “I would write 50 letters to 50 musuem”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 102.

178. “I knew funds would be needed . . . if not impossible”: ibid., p. 104.

178. “It would be a sacrilege merely”: ibid., p. 102.

179. “authentic furniture of the date”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 175.

179. The 175-room mansion: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 94.

179. “extensive curatorial and/or collecting experience”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 105.

179. “To furnish the White House”: ibid., p. 109.

180. “Without question,” Barbara Perry wrote: ibid., p. 103.

180. “her classic country . . . her work was primarily”: ibid., pp. 109–111.

180–81. “the inspiration that [Jackie] was”: Boggs, JFK Oral History, p. 13.

9. Life at the White House, and Away

182. To welcome three-year-old Caroline: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 46.

182. “She is going to have to . . . treat her differently”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 70.

182–83. “It is partly because . . . all bad for her”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, pp. 539–41.

183. “Some of the most enduring images of the Kennedy years”: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 110.

183. “She usually had her youngsters . . . great shock to me”: ibid., p. 106.

183. The playgroup was run cooperatively: ibid., pp. 106–7.

183. By the fall of 1962, the nursery: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 71.

183–84. “Jackie was not ready to . . . most public and important functions”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 531.

184. in Jackie’s first year at the White House: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 268.

184. Janet Auchincloss, Rose, Ethel: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 111.

184. “mostly alone or with the children”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 201.

184. Nancy Tuckerman remembered Jackie: Tuckerman & Turnure, JFK Oral History, p. 12.

184. Glen Ora was a seven-bedroom: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 268.

184. “Middleburg was just plain boring . . . press hated Middleburg”: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 49.

184. The two spent ten thousand dollars on everything: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 152.

185. “Kennedy had affairs . . . call girls paid by Dave Powers”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 476.

185. “You were on the most elite”: Sabato, The Kennedy Half-Century, ch. 6.

186. As they passed the secretary . . . Pierre Salinger’s aides: ibid.; Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 477.

186. “I think that Jack . . . not what she needed”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 538.

186. “[Jack] never wanted to have the . . . sort of light”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, First Conversation.

187. “a mixture of cabinet and friends from New York . . . walked around, puffing his cigar: ibid.

187. “Best parties I’ve ever attended . . . prettiest and the nicest”: ibid.

187. “They set a feeling of warmth . . . attractive people and pretty surroundings”: Baldridge-Hollensteiner, JFK Oral History, p. 29.

187. She arranged a performance: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 237.

188. It was through Malraux: ibid., p. 275.

188. “A logistical nightmare”: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 95.

188. “One of the worst headaches”: Baldridge-Hollensteiner, JFK Oral History, p. 23.

188. “including Tish Baldridge’s staff”: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 96.

188–89. “We had to have [the Marine Band]”: Baldridge-Hollensteiner, JFK Oral History, pp. 24–25.

189. “It just so happened that . . . part of her master plan”: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 97.

189. And she was abroad a lot: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 76.

190. United States forces managed to rescue: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 192.

190. “Within the privacy of his office” . . . crying in his bedroom”: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 366. (Jackie is referring to Jack’s 1954 back surgery.)

191. “I do not think it altogether inappropriate”: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, pp. 71–72.

191. “Thanks in large part to Jackie”: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 197.

191. “If you want war”: ibid., p. 198.

191. “He savaged me . . . impervious to his charm”: ibid.

191. “I think [Jack] was quite depressed . . . worse than he thought”: Kennedy, Historic Conversations, Fifth Conversation.

192. “I’d just read The Sabres of Paradise”: ibid.

192. “And by God, we were back”: ibid.

192. “Every move, every comment”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 89.

10. Patrick

194. “Tucky” and Jackie had known each other: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, pp. 167–68.

194. She prepared scrapbooks: ibid., p. 169.

195. The four-pound, one-ounce boy: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, pp. 385–86.

195. “She was devastated . . . in such emotional pain”: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 246.

195. “which seemed to boost”: ibid.

195. “With press photographers snapping . . . around them all the time”: ibid., p. 248.

196. Those in attendance again: Bradford, America’s Queen, p. 253.

196. And so, with Kennedy’s blessing: ibid., p. 255.

11. Dallas

197. Further, the Democratic Party: Dallek, Unfinished Life, pp. 691–92.

197. “Two years ago I introduced myself . . .”: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 177.

198. “Mr. President”: ibid.

198. Turning to look at her husband: Dallek, Unfinished Life, p. 694.

198. “She was reaching for something . . . piece of the president’s head”: Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, p. 291.

198. “My God! They have shot his”: ibid.

198. “Jack,” she said. “Jack, what have”: ibid., p. 292.

199. “She still hadn’t said a word, but”: ibid., p. 293.

12. Aftermath

200. “She and I spoke for nearly . . . after he was hit”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 418.

201. “I saw myself in the mirror . . . should have kept the blood on”: Swanson, End of Days.

201. “I’m not going to”: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 443.

202. “I don’t want the church . . .” ibid., pp. 443–451.

202. Robert McNamara convinced: ibid., pp. 443–51.

202. “Her face covered . . . did not know about at the time”: ibid., pp. 453–54.

202. When Hannan read passages . . . handed her his handkerchief: ibid., p. 454.

202. “fifty air force and navy jets”: ibid., p. 457.

203. “Only bitter old men write . . . political theory or political science”: Heymann, A Woman Named Jackie, p. 418.

203. “That’s when she came out . . . ‘Don’t let it be forgot . . . known as Camelot’ ”: ibid., pp. 418–19.

203. “was a misreading of history”: ibid., p. 419.

13. The Many Lives of Jackie Kennedy

204. “I don’t have much to live for“: Smith, Grace and Power, p. 457.

204. She also served: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, pp. 190–91.

205. After years of attempting: ibid., p. 192.

205. Jackie was present when: ibid.

205. Jackie worked closely with: ibid., pp. 192–93.

205. “There won’t be one shred of his . . . snooping through those rooms now”: ibid., p. 194.

206. Many Americans thought less: ibid., pp. 195–96.

206. Though the $200,000 a year: ibid., p. 187.

206. “Jackie and Ari did . . . love of Greek mythology”: ibid., p. 197.

207. “He was dynamic . . . But fascinating”: Haslam, Nicky, “The Real Lee Radziwill,” New York Times, February 7, 2013.

207. After a court battle: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 689.

208. Caroline became a lawyer: Perry, Jacqueline Kennedy, p. 199.

 

Part IV: Joan

1. The Music

211. “Those are some of my . . . those are poignant memories”: Author interview, April 3, 2014.

211. Her father, Harry Wiggin Bennett: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 20.

211. Joan was educated in Catholic schools: www.mville.edu/about/fast-facts.html.

211. She was a solid seamstress: David, Joan: The Reluctant Kennedy, p. 28.

211. “My father was an . . . when I was about ten”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 1.

212. “If the radio wasn’t on . . . to go out in the evening”: ibid.

212. “The radio and the phonograph . . . which seemed limitless”: ibid.

213. “When I heard the velvety”: ibid.

213. “I had Joan and Candy . . . not to do it again” She hung the brush . . . girls to behave: Palm Beach Post, “Ugly Duckling,” http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19690401&id=5r4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZrUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4757,35313.

213. “I sensed that . . . mother was an alcoholic”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 21.

213. “Both parents were drinkers . . . doesn’t exist”: Tarraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan p. 83.

213. “Just her presence . . . felt terrible for her”: ibid., p. 84.

214. “It struck me as odd”: ibid., p. 83.

214. “I called them Harry”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 1.

214. “I had as cloistered a background . . . much like myself”: Peters, William, “Teddy Kennedy,” Redbook, June 1962.

214. “I was a loner . . . I was a late bloomer”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 22.

214. In fact, she had so: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 2.

215. “Have I got a girl . . . God’s gift to the modeling business”: David, Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy, p. 44.

215. “She had fine facial”: ibid., pp. 44–45.

215. Joan was booked by: Palm Beach Post, “Ugly Duckling.”

215. Jones noted that Joan: David, Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy, p. 45.

215. “float a little more . . . light on her feet”: ibid., p. 47.

215. Joan’s first modeling: ibid., p. 46.

215. Joan got jobs in print: ibid., p. 45.

215. “She was one of those rare . . . Ingrid Bergman when she was Joan’s age”: ibid.

215. “Television was in its infancy . . . landed a few jobs”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 2.

216. “I was also one of the gang . . . saddle shoes and poodle skirts”: ibid.

216. “Drinking Coke for a national . . . ‘Don’t you burp, young lady!’”: ibid.

216. “It was Jack, not me”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 117.

216. “I was totally unimpressed . . . castle with the nuns”: Clymer papers.

217. “Then I couldn’t go”: Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography, p. 22.

217. “I arrived at the party with not one but two dates”: David, Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy, p. 50.

217. Now, months later, Jean: ibid.

217. “I’ll never forget that . . . darn good-looking”: ibid.

217. “I definitely wanted to see”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 117.

2. Marrying the Kennedys

218. While she’d had many: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 25.

218. “I just took no interest . . . never even heard of the Kennedys”: David, Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy, p. 50.

218. “I had to be chaperoned . . . if you were a Manhattanville girl”: Klein, Ted Kennedy, p. 35.

218. He had a well-known: Leamer, Kennedy Men, ch. 18.

219. “She asked me about Bronxville . . . mostly our piano”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 471.

219. Rose, still protective of her youngest child, called Manhattanville: Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography, p. 23.

219. They decided to turn it: Clymer, papers.

219. “I was keen to join my brothers . . . to be a family man”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 183.

220. “Apparently, he had brought other girls home”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 471.

220. “ It was too good to be true”: ibid.

220. “What do you think . . . What do we do next?”: Leamer, Kennedy Men, ch. 18.

220. “Do you love my son? . . . make you feel at ease”: ibid., ch. 18.

220. “She came home and told me . . . manner to which she was accustomed”: Sadler, Christine, McCall’s, “Coming of Age of Joan Kennedy,” February 1965.

221. “I had no idea what I was getting into”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, pp.26–27.

221. “That was my introduction”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 3.

221. The only other time the: Leamer, Kennedy Men, ch. 18.

221. Ted finally brought Joan: Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography, p. 23.

221. He didn’t make time to: Leamer, Kennedy Men, ch. 18.

221. “My parents thought”: Clymer papers.

222. “a place of Champagne bubbles”: “Chateau in the Sky,” New York Times, December 3, 2006. www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/nyregion/thecity/03pier.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

222. PLEASE HAVE THE PIANO: Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers, JFK Library.

222. Joan had wanted to be married: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 27.

223. “wanted to invite every political”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 477.

223. Before the ceremony, Jack and Ted seemed: Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography, p. 24.

223. Ted’s law-school schedule: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 126.

223. “The truth is that Joan and I . . . definitely not standout cuisine”: ibid., p. 126.

223. “We were dumped there . . . it was a nightmare”: Leamer, Kennedy Men, ch. 18.

223. “I had to clean house”: ibid., ch. 18.

224. “She grew adept in an . . . inns that had no heat”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 127.

224. “every state was critical”: ibid., p. 127.

224. “Politics took over our lives almost”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 27.

3. Campaigning with the Kennedys

225. Joan gave birth to the couple’s first child: Associated Press, October 22, 1962.

225. “I have never seen Ted . . . two new words—my daughter”: Leamer, Kennedy Men, ch. 19.

225. “He wants nine . . . I wouldn’t have him”: David, Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy, p. 88.

225. Joan later described it as a whirl: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 3.

225. “I felt rather like a tourist”: ibid.

226. “I never felt any anger of being . . . lot to talk about”: Peters, William, “Teddy Kennedy,” Redbook, June 1962.

226. “I felt accepted as a little . . . greatest signs of friendliness there is”: ibid.

226. When Joan went to Washington: Bradford, America’s Queen, pp. 126–28.

226. “We’d chat, talk about campaigning”: ibid, p.128.

227. “I remember [Jackie] saying to me, ‘Stay very close to . . . she’s his sister.’ ”: ibid., p. 128.

227. “That night Frank is having a dinner party . . . so pissed off”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 507.

227. “She acted like Rose”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 33.

228. “If Jack could win there”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 3.

228. “look nice and be friendly”: ibid.

228. “got whistled at by the miners”: ibid.

228. “It turned into a bit of a joke”: ibid.

228. Despite the Kennedys’ displeasure: Cannelos, Last Lion, p. 79.

229. “I don’t know if I’ll know”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 506.

229. Soon after, Ted and Joan joined: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 158.

229. Jack had been allowed to: ibid., p. 159.

4. Catching Up

230. But with the Massachusetts Senate: Clymer papers.

231. “You can have a serious”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 162.

231. “I’d worshipped my father . . . to catch up”: ibid.

231. “Ted was the obvious choice”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch.3.

231. “passionately . . . interested in arms control.”: Kennedy, Edward, True Compass, p. 163.

231–32. “Yes. Go [to Africa] and see what’s . . . independence from Belgium”: ibid.

232. If Ted left that night, he could catch: ibid., p. 163–64.

232. It was a gorgeous brick building, built: ibid.

232. “Remember your own”: ibid., p. 435.

232. “This time, we were on our . . . grassroots round ourselves”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 3.

232. “We went to every little town”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 559.

232. “If Ted was in Boston, then I tried to”: Liston, Carol, “Joan Kennedy Too Busy to Be Shy,” Boston Globe, December 23, 1965.

232–33. “everyone is curious about what the . . . you got a crowd”: Clymer papers.

233. “It was just a bunch of . . . us against the world”: ibid.

233. “I’d get the hostess to tell me what”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 4.

233. “I say we need a senator with a conscience”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6H0LTyaC94.

233. “Yes, I minded . . . but I”: Finney, Ruth, New York Word Telegram and Sun, November 26, 1962.

234. The article focused on the many: Henshaw, Tom, Associated Press, October 22, 1962.

234. “All the way to Brookline . . . afraid I’d mispronounce it”: ibid.

234. “My role, as I see it . . . about politics too”: Peters, William, “Teddy Kennedy,” Redbook, June 1962.

235. “Really, I’m quite fortunate”: Henshaw, Tom, Associated Press, October 22, 1962.

5. The Supportive Wife

236. “My father’s illness hit . . . almost more than I could bear”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 178.

236. “In Boston, Mrs. Kennedy isn’t . . . elegant as the First Lady”: Chapman, Priscilla, “At Home with Mrs. Kennedy,” 1963.

237. “an immense mail for a freshman”: Falacci, Frank, “The Senator’s Image Emerges,” Boston Globe, September 15, 1963.

237. “He is diligently working”: ibid.

237. “She’s going to be the youngest Senate wife”: Finney, Ruth, New York World-Telegram and Sun, November 26, 1962.

238. The final paragraph referenced: “Joan Kennedy Loses Baby,” Boston Globe, May 17, 1963.

238. The baby’s remains were flown: “Joan Kennedy Loses Baby by Miscarriage,” Boston Globe, June 2, 1964.

238. “We’ve been married four years”: David, Joan, The Reluctant Kennedy, p. 88.

238. “It was discouraging and depressing for . . . whatever of physical health”: ibid., p. 104.

238. The island took its name from a squaw: “Kennedy in Court Fight Opposing Squaw Island Subdivision,” Boston Globe, January 26, 1973.

238–39. “Teddy’s away so much . . .” So she got to work . . . antiques that Joan adored: Hoffman, Betty Hannah, “What It’s Like to Marry a Kennedy,” Ladies Home Journal, October 1962.

239. “Jackie would say”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 539.

239. “In the summers, everybody else in”: Bradford, America’s Queen, pp. 126–28.

239. “She was very, very good . . . almost nobody knew about it”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 539.

239. She was there when Jack: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 34.

240. “My first overwhelming sense . . . the president was dead”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 208.

240. “She adored Jack”: ibid., p. 209.

240. She begged Candy to stay: Manchester, Death of a President, ch. 6.

240. “People kept drifting in all evening . . . shut myself upstairs in my room and cry”: Hoffman, Betty Hannah, “Joan Kennedy’s Story,” Ladies Home Journal, July 1970.

240. “Joan found the mere contemplation”: Manchester, Death of a President, ch. 8.

241. “In the end, the best way to honor”: Kennedy, Edward, True Compass, p. 214.

241. “as a knife, slicing open . . . my friend Ed Moss”: ibid., p. 216.

241. “I tried to get some response . . . he grabbed it”: “Ted Half-Sitting, Half-Standing in Plane, Bayh Says,” Boston Globe, June 21, 1964.

241. Ted was badly hurt: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 220.

241–42. The Bayhs courageously helped: “Ted Half-Sitting, Half-Standing in Plane, Bayh Says,” Boston Globe,

242. “Nine cars passed them . . . Birch had pulled me from the plane”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 221.

242. She was sped to Cooley: Linscott, Seymour, “Kennedy’s Plane Crashes; Senator’s Condition ‘Fair,’ ” Boston Globe, June 20, 1964.

242. “He’s going to”: Taraborrelli, Jackie, Ethel, Joan, p. 284.

242. “Hi, Joansie. Don’t”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 221.

242. “Kennedy’s injuries were not”: Linscott,“Kennedy’s Plane Crashes; Senator’s Condition ‘Fair.’ ”

242. “My life hung in the balance”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 221.

242–43. “Whipping his head . . . vertebrae to heal naturally”: ibid., p. 222.

6. The Prettiest Stand-In

244. “A man never had”: “Joan Launches Ted’s Campaign,” Boston Globe, September 15, 1964.

244. “I am no doctor”: ibid.

244. “I’d hit a VFW . . . best to give it some spin”: Kennedy, The Joy of Classical Music, ch. 3.

244. Bobby, the attorney general, had given up his seat: Negri, Gloria, “Delegate Joan Lovely, Lonely,” Boston Globe, August 26, 1964.

245. “Joan, who had crumpled when”: Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography, p. 61.

245. “a very busy patient . . . fine spirits”: “Joan Launches Ted’s Campaign,” Boston Globe.

245. “Still, I was on the road”: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 3.

245. “He’s getting awful”: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 109.

7. “Nobody, Nothing”

246. Joan managed for a long time: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 118.

246. She stayed as busy as ever: “Joan Visits Retarded Classes,” Boston Globe, December 11, 1965.

246. cheer up soldiers wounded in Vietnam: Liston, Carol, “Radiant Joan Kennedy Spreads Cheer on Tour,” Boston Globe, December 10, 1965.

246. When Ted buried the hatchet: “Ted’s Wife on Political Bandwagon,” Boston Globe, September 21, 1966.

246. And she was by her husband’s side: Riddell, Janet, “Memorial Building Solemnly Dedicated,” Boston Globe, September 10, 1966.

246. “The timing was ironic . . . clan cronies, Dean Markham”: Cheshire, Maxine, “Kennedys Wary of the ‘Caroline,’” July 13, 1967.

247. He was baptized by Cardinal Cushing: Negri, Gloria, “Cardinal Baptizes Patrick,” Boston Globe, July 30, 1967.

247. “The house was always full of cooks . . . nothing, not needed”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 30.

247. “He thinks you’re a wonderful wife . . . just has this addiction”: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 119.

247. “When one grows up feeling”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 39.

248. “My dear . . . chase after politicians”: Clymer papers.

248. “I tried telling myself”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 39.

248. “The only thing I was sure of”: ibid.

248. “Joan Kennedy wore a glittering . . . Blue Room in the White House”: “Joan Stuns Nixons in Mini-Dress,” United Press International, March 13, 1969.

248. In 1968 she again was: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 111.

248. he worried that his brother: ibid., p. 127.

248. Bobby’s theme was: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 3.

249. “I have never, ever . . . beyond grief and agony”: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 134.

249. “She disappeared, and no one knew”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 36.

249. “He looked slightly heavier”: Murphy, Jeremiah, “Tragedy Ages Ted, Darkens His Mood,” Boston Globe, August 22, 1968.

249. “Gone, perhaps forever, is the Teddy Kennedy”: ibid.

249. “It wasn’t my personality . . . things didn’t hurt so much”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, pp. 36–37.

250. “a flurry of awed whispers—‘She is pretty! She is pretty!’ ”: Caldwell, Jean, “Joan’s a Real Kennedy; She Enjoys Campaigning,” Boston Globe, September 14, 1968.

250. Not two weeks later: Cheshire, Maxine, “Joan Kennedy Will Campaign for Bayh,” Boston Globe, September 24, 1968.

250. Whatever grief she felt . . . non-answers to both: Caldwell,“Joan’s a Real Kennedy.”

250. “I drank socially at first”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 40.

250. “I tried to talk about it . . . nobody would really talk about it”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 699.

251. She stayed at the couple’s Cape house: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 37.

251. “It’s too early to predict anything . . . his decision, not mine”: Blackman, Ann, “And a Time for Solitude and Thought,” Boston Globe, March 23, 1969.

8. Chappaquiddick

252. after serious contemplation, Ted decided: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 146.

252. “Don’t run for President . . . Stop him”: Dedman, Bill, “Ted Kennedy FBI File Reveals Death Threats,” MSNBC.com, June 14, 2010. www.nbcnews.com/id/34248485/ns/us_news-life/t/ted-kennedy-fbi-file-reveals-threats.

252. almost 80 percent of whom: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 146.

252. “The feeling of momentum”: ibid.

253. Afterward, he visited a: ibid., pp. 148–49.

253. “Politics was her life”: ibid., p. 149.

253. “The next thing I recall”: Shaffer, Left to Die, p. 54.

253. He said he dove repeatedly: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 647.

254. He didn’t report the accident: Canellos, Last Lion, pp. 155–57.

254. “No one told me”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 90.

254. Joan had a miscarriage: “Joan Kennedy Resting in Hospital,” Boston Globe, August 30, 1969.

254. About this time, she also learned: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 651.

254. On November 18, 1969, he died: Kennedy, True Compass, pp. 292–93.

255. “For a few months everyone . . . when I truly became an alcoholic”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 651.

9. “The Beginning of the End”

256. “We remained together . . . perhaps fear of change”: Kennedy, True Compass, pp. 183–84.

256. “the beginning of the end”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 38.

256. “I believe everything Ted said . . . alive at all”: “ ‘I Worry All the Time Whether Ted Will Be Shot,’ Says Joan Kennedy,” Associated Press, June 30, 1970.

256. Joan later recalled: Kennedy, Joy of Classical Music, ch. 4.

257. “repeat the performance”: Cheshire, Maxine, “TV Shows Chase Joan Kennedy,” Washington Post, December 9, 1970.

257. “It took a lot out of me”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 41.

257. Sometimes she’d leave the children: ibid., p. 43.

257. “My mom struggled mightily . . . aren’t available to many people”: Kennedy, Patrick. Telephone interview with author, April 2014.

257. “What family? . . . never wanted Ted to be President. Never”: “ ‘I Worry All the Time Whether Ted Will Be Shot,’ Says Joan Kennedy,” Associated Press.

257. “subjecting my family to fears . . . it’s too early.”: “Kennedy Says Fear of Assassin Halted ’72 Run,” United Press International, July 27, 1971.

258. “He grudgingly admitted”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 305.

258. He’d have to have his right: ibid., p. 307.

258. “Ted would bring in the whole . . . and I was the traffic cop”: Leamer, Kennedy Women, p. 676.

258. Joan had been treated in private: MacPherson, Myra, “Joan Kennedy—The Trying Years,” Boston Globe, November 16, 1975.

259. “has reached an agreement that”: Cheshire, Maxine, “Joan to Make Few Appearances If Ted Runs,” September 9, 1973.

259. In April 1976, Joan’s mother:“ Joan Kennedy’s Mother Found Dead in Florida,” Associated Press, April 9, 1976.

259. “I couldn’t help her . . . for my own survival”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 47.

259. “I’d been told that an alcoholic . . . have some time for myself”: ibid.

259. “public life has not been kind”: “Nation: The Vulnerable Soul of Joansie,” Time, November 5, 1979.

259. She relapsed badly: ibid.

260. “If Joan did not campaign . . . if Joan could forgive him, so could they”: Chellis, Living with the Kennedys, p. 70.

260. She kept up with the grueling pace: Dowd, Maureen, “Not a Launching But a Scuttling,” Time, December 13, 1982.

260. This was buoyed by her: Taylor, Benjamin, “A Pledge from Joan Kennedy,” Boston Globe, February 16, 1980.

260. “I’m learning what it is like . . . never been doing better in my entire life”:“Joan Kennedy’s Life Alone,” Associated Press, March 3, 1982.

10. Still a Kennedy

261. “She didn’t pick being a . . . that they weren’t alone”: Kennedy, Patrick. Personal interview with author. April 2014.

261. “had a number of good years . . . more churches and castles”: ibid.

261. Three years later, she was: McPhee, Michele, and Dave Wedge, “The Fall of Joan,” Boston Magazine, August 2005.

262. “She was conscious . . . that it was anything special”: ibid.

262. Though Joan didn’t appear drunk: ibid.

262. The agreement stipulated that: Ellement, John, and Maria Sacchetti, “Joan Kennedy, Children Reach Agreement; Medical, Financial Team, Rehab Cited,” Boston Globe,June 13, 2005.

262. His new wife, Vicki, was by his side: Newton-Small, Jay, “A Family Gathers to Say Farewell to Ted Kennedy,” Time, August 26, 2009.

262. Ted stepped in and helped: Donaldson, Susan James, “Kara Kennedy’s Heart May Have Taken ‘Direct Hit’ by Cancer Cure,” ABC News, September 20, 2011.

262–63. “Her disease sidelined her . . . second chance with her, so to speak”: Author interview with Patrick Kennedy, April 2014.

263. “I was aghast”: ibid.

 

Part V: Vicki

1. A Different Type

266. “What’s wrong? . . . Dream on, Kennedy”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 423.

266. “Oh, don’t talk to”: Clymer papers.

267. “Up close, the face is a shock”: Kelly, Michael, “Ted Kennedy on the Rocks,” GQ, February 1990.

267. A criminal investigation: Jordan, Mary, “Jury Finds Smith Not Guilty of Rape,” Washington Post, December 12, 1991.

267. Ted’s approval ratings: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 434.

267. But as Ted chatted: Clymer papers.

267. he felt more relaxed: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 423.

267. Edmund Reggie, Vicki’s father: Reggie, Edmund, Oral history, JFK Library.

267. “There was a film made about the Democratic Party”: Marquard, Bryan, Boston Globe, “Edmund M. Reggie, 87; Louisiana stalwart for Kennedy campaigns became Edward M. Kennedy’s father-in-law,” Boston Globe, November 19, 2013.

268. “I was really taken . . . praying for [Jack’s] success”: Reggie, Edmund, Oral history, JFK library.

268. “I could never vote for”: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 282.

268. “I have six children”: Reggie, Edmund, Oral history, JFK library.

268. Victoria, Vicki for short, was: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 283.

268. “Where Life Is Rice and Easy”: Crowley city website, www.crowley-la.com.

268. At one time, the city: Canellos, Last Lion, p. 283.

268. “but it wasn’t a sprawling . . . to be just like Vicki Reggie”: Thomas, Jack, “The Next Kennedy: Folks Back in Crowley, La., Have Nothing But Good Things to Say about Her—It’s Ted Who Gets the Mixed Reviews,” Boston Globe, April 2, 1992.

268. “There was a jukebox”: ibid.

268. The Reggie family was of Lebanese: Reggie, Edmund, Oral history. JFKL.

269. “very sweet and very polite”: Thomas, “The Next Kennedy.”

269. “There were conversational boundaries . . . with each other”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 400.

269. Despite some missed classes: Thomas, “The Next Kennedy.”

269. “What I remember about her”: ibid.

269. “[She wasn’t] bratty smart”: ibid.

269. Some friends noted: ibid.

269. In a blue pinstripe suit with pocket hankie: ibid.

269. One picture showed Jack Kennedy: ibid.

270. After high school: ibid.

270. “I met him for the photo . . . evidence of it”: Clymer papers.

270. “No? . . . it didn’t dawn on me”: Kennedy, Vicki, “HWA Speakers Bureau—The Power of Choice,” YouTube, February 28, 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpxyo8iwgo.

271. With Taplin’s encouragement: Thomas, “The Next Kennedy.”

271. “There is nothing good”: Kennedy, “HWA Speakers Bureau.”

271. She also got their Nantucket: Thomas, “The Next Kennedy.”

271. Everything was to be “very casual”: ibid.

271. “But as much as Vicki”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 423.

271. “Did I just say yes?” Thomas,“The Next Kennedy.”

2. The Womanizing Ends

273. “As the former girlfriend”: Kelly, Michael, “Ted Kennedy on the Rocks,” GQ, February 1990.

273. “so outrageous that I can’t imagine”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 421.

274. “position on offshore drilling”: Worthington, Christa, “The Curse of the Kennedys,” The Independent, May 25, 1997.

274. “I’ve known Ted Kennedy a lot of years . . . when does”: Thomas,“The Next Kennedy.”

274. “That’s a relief, because I”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 424.

274. “They were a little older”: Clymer papers.

274. Ted began keeping up on football: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 424.

275. “I remember one night I said . . . run upstairs five times” . . . “He said, ‘No . . . beautiful sound in the world.’ ”: Clymer papers.

275. “There is no way”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 426.

275. “I won’t say that I was hurt”: ibid.

275. “Well, listen, I was just thinking, uh”: ibid.

275. “We certainly had not spent . . . each other as a married couple”: ibid., p. 183.

276. On January 14, 1992, Ted proposed: ibid., p. 427.

276. “He said, ‘You know I love . . . ask you and Doris’ . . . did it the proper way”: Thomas, “The Next Kennedy.”

276. she shared the secret with a friend: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 427.

276. “If they’ve come to Crowley looking . . . Teddy Kennedy, with his past”: Thomas, “The Next Kennedy.”

276. “So I swam down underwater”: Clymer papers.

277. “If anybody were looking to strategize . . . it’s ludicrous”: Thomas,“The Next Kennedy.”

277. “I knew I was right . . . knew the man”: Kennedy, Vicki, “HWA Speakers Bureau—The Power of Choice,” YouTube, February 28, 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpxyo8iwgo.

277. Ted gave his new bride an oil: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 427.

3. Battling Romney

278. “If you don’t stand up”: Horowitz, Jason, “Romney’s First Step Into Political Arena, vs. Ted Kennedy in 1994, Was a Cautious One,” Washington Post, October 17, 2012, www.washington post.com/lifestyle/style/romneys-first-step-into-political-arena-vs-ted-kennedy-in-1994-was-a-cautious-one/2012/10/17/a81b35ca-0e5e-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html.

278. “was positioning himself . . . senior senator’s outdated ways”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 438.

278. It was to be an expensive race: Phillips, Frank, and Scot Lehigh, “Kennedy Borrows $2m for Campaign; Estate in Virginia Used as Collateral,” Boston Globe, October 22, 1994.

278. By Labor Day, a Boston Globe poll: Goldman, Andrew, “Mitt Romney’s War with the Boston Globe,” New Republic, October 5, 2012, www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/magazine/108184/mitt-romneys-war-the-boston-globe.

278.In a move that highlighted : Kennedy, True Compass, p. 439.

279. “that there would be a lot”: Clymer papers.

279. The firm uncovered slashed jobs: Clymer, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography, p. 536.

279. “Do I still have my charisma?”: Howe, Peter, “Kennedy Blasts GOP Rival; Says Romney’s Plan Attacks ‘Poor Children,’ ” Boston Globe, June 18, 1994.

279. “She was a natural . . . very good friends”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 440.

279. “No, thank you!”: ibid., p. 441.

280. But this campaign, Ted called Mitt out: ibid., p. 439.

280. “It was important to talk about”: Clymer papers.

280. “It doesn’t ring true to me . . . what he really was doing”: ibid.

280. “So, honey, is he good to you? . . . first time in my life”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 441.

280. “said he needed the help of Aerosmith”: “Vicki Kennedy Had Noteworthy Role in Speech,” Boston Globe, September 13, 1994.

280–81. “Well, this victory really isn’t about me . . . Not your family. You.”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 449.

4. New Kind of Kennedy

282. “I was involved in every issue . . . with the love of my life”: Kennedy, Vicki, “HWA Speakers Bureau—The Power of Choice,” YouTube, February 28, 2013, www.youtube .com/watch?v=FBpxyo8iwgo.

282. Ted even respected: Couric, Katie, “@KatieCouric: Vicki Reggie Kennedy & Ted Kennedy Jr.,” YouTube, December 22, 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCBm9kBpG8.

282. Ted dressed as Ponce de Leon: Bickelhaupt, Susan, “Ted Kennedy Makes Some Birthday Waves,” Boston Globe, February 25, 1997.

282. Vicki dressed as Anastasia: Bickelhaupt, Susan, “ ‘Joy’ from the World,” Boston Globe, December 20, 1997.

283. “He’s obviously been practicing”: Beggy, Carol, “King Tells All About His Accident,” Boston Globe, October 30, 1999.

283. “revealing the trademark Kennedy . . . Vicki, Vicki”: Milligan, Susan, “For Senator, a Positive Loss,” Boston Globe, April 28, 2004.

283. “Dear Teddy . . . but for our souls”: Kennedy, Edward, “Excerpts from eulogy by Sen. Kennedy,” New York Times, January 25, 1995.

284. “She was always there . . . in the way she did things”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 476.

284. Though John Jr. never ran: Seelye, Katharine Q. “John F. Kennedy Jr., Heir to a Formidable Dynasty,” New York Times, July 19, 1999.

284–85. “He had every gift but length of years”: Kennedy, “A Man with ‘Every Gift but Length of Years,’ ” John F. Kennedy eulogy published in the Boston Globe, July 24, 1999.

285. Not only did she have cancer: Jacobs, Sally, “Kennedy, His Children, and Cancer,” Boston Globe, May 25, 2008.

285. We were told that every doctor: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 5.

285. Seven years after Kara’s aggressive: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 5.

285. Some oncologists would speculate that: Donaldson James, Susan, “Kara Kennedy’s Heart May Have Taken ‘Direct Hit’ by Cancer Cure,” ABC News, http://abcnews.go.com/Health/kara-kennedys-heart-attack-related-cancer-treatment/story?id=14558232.

285. “One step at a time”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 5.

5. Time to Sail

286. They had coffee: Kennedy, Vicki, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium,” YouTube, November 24, 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMY7MLYZ4k.

286. He moved toward the door: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 3.

286. “You’re going to be okay”: ibid., p. 4.

286. “I just knew it was”: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

286. “I went from concern to fear”: ibid.

287. “By the end of that day . . . they did”: ibid.

287. “Vicki and I privately were told”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 5.

287. Only 30 percent: “Glioblastoma,” American Brain Tumor Association, May 27, 2014, www.abta.org/brain-tumor-information/types-of-tumors/glioblastoma.html.

287. “It was our brain tumor . . . in every single way”: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

287. “His perspective was . . . stay ahead of the darkness, as he put it”: ibid.

287–88. “Everything seemed back to”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 7.

288. More than a dozen experts: Altman, Lawrence, “The Story behind Kennedy’s Surgery,” New York Times, July 29, 2008.

288. In the meeting, the experts weighed: ibid.

288. “If I can show that there’s hope”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 8.

288. That preparation allowed them: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

288. “We had an unspoken pact . . . it was magnificent”: ibid.

288–89. “because the cancer was not . . . removed for the best chances”: Altman, “The Story behind Kennedy’s Surgery.”

289. It lasted a grueling three and: Paul, Katie, “Ted Kennedy Kept Awake during Risky Brain Surgery,” Newsweek, June 1, 2008.

289. “But once you’ve started . . . some manipulation up there”: ibid.

289. “He needed me to be his advocate . . . was the fierce lioness”: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

289. “Medicare is in jeopardy! . . . I need to get back to Washington”: ibid.

290. “You can’t go back . . . brain surgery”: ibid.

290. “It was a secret little”: ibid.

290. “Immediately the roll call came to a”: Herszenhorn, David M. “Kennedy Returns to the Senate,” New York Times, July 9, 2008, http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/kennedy-returns-to-the-senate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0.

290. The final tally was sixty-nine: ibid.

290. “There wasn’t a person”: ibid.

290. Ted called his friend: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 9.

290. “For all those whose cares”: Toobin, Jeffrey, “The Shrum Curse,” New Yorker, August 20, 2007.

290. “I knew essentially”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 9.

291. They weren’t sure what kind: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

291. A minute in, he had: Kennedy, True Compass, pp. 9–10.

291. “You know, I really don’t”: ibid.

291. “If you give him pain . . . worked too hard for this night”: ibid., p. 10.

291. “Vicki, shall we say”: ibid.

291. “What do you think . . . with the family and wave”: ibid.

292. Ted would have to play: ibid., p. 11.

292. Vicki was anxious and exhausted: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

292. “Nothing, nothing was going”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 12.

292. “They liked my speech!”: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

292. Returning to his office in the: ibid.

292. Ted’s mahogany desk had once: Russell, Jenna, “As Showcase and Centerpiece of the Late Senator’s Legacy, Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston Will Feature a Replica of His Office,” Boston Globe, January 31, 2010.

292. With Vicki by his side: Milligan, Susan, “Kennedy Returns to Senate,” Boston Globe, November 18, 2008.

292. A banner reading “Welcome Back: ibid.

293. “You’ve never seen”: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

6. To the Grave

294. Vicki knew those precious extra: Kennedy, Vicki, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium,” YouTube, November 24, 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMY7MLYZ4k.

294. In true Ted fashion: ibid.

294. “There I was caring for . . . all going to be OK”: Hayes, Cathy, “Vicki Kennedy Rules Out Run for Political Office,” Irish Central, August 16, 2010, www.irishcentral.com/news/vicki-kennedy-rules-out-run-for-political-office-100751824-237710671.html.

294. Even President Obama joined: Miga, Andrew, “Obama Sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to Ted Kennedy at Tribute Concert,” Huffington Post, March 8, 2009, www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/09/obama-sings-happy-birthda_n_172939.html.

295. “I was gonna stay out there all day”: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

295. “Sailing, for me, has always been”: Kennedy, True Compass, p. 6.

295. He even had a diary from his First Communion: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

295. His publisher’s delivery of manuscripts: Couric, Katie, “@KatieCouric: Vicki Reggie Kennedy & Ted Kennedy Jr.,” YouTube, December 22, 2009, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCBm9kBpG8.

295. “That was the greatest gift . . . the way we lived it”: Kennedy, “Vicki Kennedy’s Final Remarks at UCSF Symposium.”

296. The morning of the mass: Balz, Dan, Keith B. Richburg, and Shailagh Murray, “ ‘We loved this kind and tender hero,’ ” Washington Post, August 30, 2009.

296. “Bells began to toll at 10:45 a.m.”: ibid.