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Written by Thomas Maier - Audio book performed by Alan Sklar - Unabridged Fiction - 3 MP3 LIBRARY EDITION COMPACT DISCS - 29 hours, 28 minutes

Publisher, BBC Audiobooks America (November 2003)

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Meticulously researched, The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings examines the Kennedys as exemplars of the Irish Catholic experience. Beginning with Patrick Kennedy's arrival in the Brahmin world of Boston in 1848, Thomas Maier delves into the deeper currents of the often spectacular Kennedy story, and the ways in which their immigrant background shaped their values—and, in turn, twentieth century America—for over five generations. Bringing together new research, exclusive interviews, as well as his own experience as an Irish-American, Maier brilliantly illustrates the defining role of the immigrant experience for the country's foremost political dynasty.

About the Author: Thomas Maier is a staff reporter at New York Newsday. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Dr. Spock: An American Life, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and chosen by The Boston Globe as one of the top ten nonfiction titles of the year. He lives in Long Island, New York.

About the Narrator: In addition to voicing hundreds of radio and TV commercials and documentaries, Alan Sklar has narrated thousands of projects for corporate, medical, and pharmaceutical clients. He was a promo announcer at WPIX-TV (Channel 11 NYC) for more than 3 years, has narrated more than 50 audiobooks, and is a regular narrator for Sound Library, an imprint of BBC Audiobooks America.

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