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The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy

David Nasaw

Draws on exclusive access to the subject's records to offer insight into his shrewd financial talents and considerable ambition for his family, discussing the controversies surrounding his character and his role in several mainstream political events.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyPresidential Biography

Award History

0 wins · 4 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor2013FinalistSecondary source
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2013LonglistOfficial source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor2012FinalistSecondary source
Mark Lynton History Prize2013FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Joseph P. Kennedy90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.