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EPIGRAPH
1. www.aniericanrhetoric.
com/speeches/tedkennedy1980dnc.htm.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
1. Martin, Charles, Metamorphoses: A New Translation, New York: W.W. Norton, 2005.
2. Newfield, Jack, “Kennedy Rising,” Playboy, June 1973.
3. Burke, p. 11.
4. ACP.
5. Ladies’ Home Journal, June 1970.
6. www.ytedk.com/jfk.htm.
CHAPTER 1
1. Honan, p. 113.
2. David, p. 40.
3. Smith, p. 660.
4. Ibid.
5. Martin, pp. 146–47.
6. Matthews, p. 98.
7. Smith, p. 661.
8. Sorensen, p. 125.
9. O’Brien, p. 263.
10. Matthews, p. 90.
11. Perlstein, Rick, “When Nixon Was Channeled on TV,” Wall Street Journal, December 6–7, 2008.
12. Ibid.
13. Matthews, p. 91.
14. Sorensen, p. 98.
15. Ibid., pp. 106–7.
16. Cecil, pp. 32–33.
17. Ibid.
18. Schlesinger, pp. 236–37.
19. Martin, p. 161.
20. Cecil, p. 212.
21. McGinniss, p. 204.
22. Martin, p. 164.
23. McGinniss, p. 204.
CHAPTER 2
1. Clymer, p. 10.
2. Kempton, Murray, “A Rose That Survives the Storm,” Newsday, June 6, 1991.
3. Reedy, p. 48.
4. Martin, pp. 267–68.
5. Clymer, p. 15.
6. Ibid., pp. 15–16.
7. www.time.com/time/magazine/article/
0,9171,940066–3,00.html.
8. Burke, p. 31.
9. Learner, p. 255.
10. Smith, p. 540.
11. Ibid., p. 699.
12. ACP.
13. Martin, p. 159.
14. Smith, p. xxv.
15. Ibid., p. 569.
16. Ibid., p. 618.
17. Ibid., p. 624.
18. David, p. 32.
19. Gibson, pp. 97–98.
20. RKP.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Clymer, p. 563.
25. Interview with anonymous source, April 6, 2008; July 2, 3, 11, 24, 2008.
26. Kennedy, Edward et al., “A Grotesque Portrait of Our Parents,” New York Times, December 3, 1992.
27. Newfield, Jack, “The Senate’s Fighting Liberal,” The Nation, March 7, 2002.
CHAPTER 3
1. Sorensen, p. 104.
2. Gould, pp. xii-xiii.
3. Martin, p. 159.
4. Ibid., p. 295.
5. McGinniss, p. 202.
6. Ibid., pp. 202–3.
7. Ibid., pp. 216–17.
8. David, p. 42.
CHAPTER 4
1. Wills, p. 40.
2. Martin, p. 231.
3. ACP.
4. David, p. 47.
5. Ibid., p. 48.
6
. Kennedy, Joan, p. 2.
7. Ibid., p. 13.
8. David, p. 44.
9. Ibid., p. 7.
10. Chellis, p. 22.
11. Ibid., p. 21.
12. David, p. 45.
13. Ibid.
14. ACP.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Learner, The Kennedy Men, p. 387.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. ACP.
22. Learner, The Kennedy Men, p. 388.
23. Ibid.
24. Martin, p. 235.
25. Chellis, p. 25.
26. Taraborrelli, p. 88.
27. Martin, p. 234.
28. Learner, The Kennedy Men, p. 399.
29. Ibid., p. 400.
30. ACP.
31. Ibid.
CHAPTER 5
1. Martin, p. 267.
2. ACP.
3. Ibid.
4. Martin, p. 245.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. David, p. 67.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. ACP.
11. Martin, p. 395.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. ACP.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. David, p. 72.
18. Ibid., p. 73.
19. Clymer, p. 37.
20. Ibid., p. 41.
21. Rick Atkinson, “Why Ted Kennedy Can’t Stand Still,” Washington Post, April 29, 1990.
22. Time, December 7, 1998.
CHAPTER 6
1. Martin, p. 457.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid., p. 458.
4. Ibid., p. 457.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid., p. 459.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid., p. 471.
9. Ibid.
10. Piereson, pp. 28–29.
11. Martin, p. 440.
12. Ibid.
13. Klein, Just Jackie, p. 122.
14. Barzun, pp. 764–65.
15. Ibid., p. 204.
16. Ibid., p. 781.
17. Howe, p. 514.
CHAPTER 7
1. McGinniss, p. 375.
2. Ibid., p. 498.
3. Ibid.
4. Martin, p. 498.
5. McGinniss, pp. 380–81.
6. Martin, p. 498.
7. Ibid., pp. 498–99.
8. Ibid., p. 499.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid., p. 499.
11. Ibid., pp. 499–500.
12. Beschloss, Reaching for Glory, P. 445.
CHAPTER 8
1. Klein, Kennedy Curse, p. 24.
2. Klein, Just Jackie, p. 154ff.
3. McCardle, Dorothy, “Ted Kennedy’s New Home Is a $750,000 Inside Story,” Washington Post, March 3, 1968.
4. Martin, p. 534.
5. ACP.
6. David, p. 98.
7. Chellis, pp. 36–37.
CHAPTER 9
1. ACP.
2. Clymer, p. 114.
3. extras.berkshireeagle.com/NeBe/
kennedy/default.asp?filename=gray&adfile=adsi.
4. www.americanrhetoric.com/
speeches/ekennedytributetorfk.html.
5. David, p. 184.
6. Honan, p. 133.
7. Clymer, p. 124.
8. Ibid., p. 125.
9. Honan, p. 130.
10. Ibid., pp. 130–31.
11. www.muskiefoundation.org/stories.hyman.html.
12. Look, March 4, 1969.
CHAPTER 10
1. Clymer, p. 133.
2. Collier, p. 329.
3. McGinniss, p. 577.
4. Clymer, p. 143.
5. Hersh, Burton, “The Thousand Days of Edward M. Kennedy,” Esquire, February 1972.
6. ACP.
CHAPTER 11
1. Hersh, Burton, “Thousand Days.”
2. Damore, p. 65.
3. ACP.
4. Hersh, “Thousand Days.”
5. Damore, pp. 73–75.
6. Ibid.
7. Sherrill, p. 75.
8. Damore, pp. 73–75.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. “Inquest into the Death of Mary Jo Kopechne,” Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Edgartown District Court. New York: EVR Productions, 1970.
15. Damore, pp. 73–75.
16. Ibid.
17. “Inquest.”
18. Ibid.
19. ACP.
20. Ibid.
21. “Inquest.”
22. Interview with anonymous source, June 10, 2008.
23. Ibid.
CHAPTER 12
1. ACP.
2. Honan, pp. 130–31.
3. Ibid.
4. ACP.
5. David, p. 158.
6. Honan, pp. 130–31.
CHAPTER 13
1. HRHP.
2. JEP.
3. HRHP.
4. JEP.
5. HRHP.
6. Ibid.
7. JEP.
8. Ulasewicz, p. 219.
9. HRHP.
10. Nixon Tapes.
CHAPTER 14
1. Interview with anonymous source, June 10, 2008.
2. ACP.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
CHAPTER 15
1. Clymer, p. 247.
2. Schlesinger, pp. 236–37.
3. JCPL/WHCF.
4. ACP.
5. JCPL/WHCF.
6. Ibid.
7. HJF.
8. Clymer, p. 277.
9. ACP.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. www.aniericanrhetoric.com/
speeches/tedkennedy1980dnc.htm.
CHAPTER 16
1. ACP.
2. Chellis, p. 247.
3. Ibid., p. 272.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid., p. 275.
6. ACP.
7. Clymer, pp. 385–86.
8. Ibid., p. 385.
9. Wills, p. 295.
10. Clymer, p. 353.
11. Interview with anonymous source, June 10, 2008.
12. Author’s interview with anonymous source, June 10, 2008.
13. Interview with anonymous source, April 7, 2008.
14. Interview with anonymous source, April 6, 2008; July 2, 3, 11, 24, 2008.
15. ACP.
CHAPTER 17
1. Interview with anonymous source, June 10, 2008.
2. Interview with anonymous source, May 30, 2008; June 14, 2008.
3. Clymer, p. 246.
4. Ibid.
5. Interview with anonymous source, June 10, 2008.
6. Ibid.
7. Interview with anonymous source, May 16, 2008.
8. Clymer, p. 247.
9. David, p. 254.
10. Atkinson, “Why Ted Kennedy Can’t Stand Still,” Washington Post, April 29, 1990.
11. Jack Newfield, “The Senate’s Fighting Liberal,” The Nation, March 25, 2002.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Atkinson, “Why Ted Kennedy Can’t Stand Still,” Washington Post, April 29, 1990.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
CHAPTER 18
1. Fee, Gayle, and Laura Rposa, “New Divorce Settlement for Joan K,” Boston Herald, June 26, 1996.
2. Interview with anonymous source, June 15, 2008.
3. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amexkennedyspeopleevents/1_wealth.
4. Clymer, p. 252.
5. Saul, Michael, “Caroline Kennedy: The $100M Woman,” nydaily news.com, February 11, 2009.
CHAPTER 19
1. Interview with anonymous source.
2. Rushing, J. Taylor, “Where Right Sees Bogeyman, GOP Sens. See Go-To-Guy,” thehill.com, May 21,
2008.
3. Atkinson, “Why Ted Kennedy Can’t Stand Still,” Washington Post, April 29, 1990.
4. Beschloss, Michael, remarks on launch of Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project, December 6, 2004.
5. Levenson, Michael, “Joan Kennedy Hurt in Fall; Son Won’t Seek Senate,” Boston Globe, March 31, 2005.
6. Wedge, Dave, and Michele McPhee, “The Fall of Joan,” Boston magazine, August 2005.
7. Ibid.
8. Interview with Webster Janssen, May 1, 2008.
9. Eagan, Margery, “Joan K’s Tragic Saga Plays Out in Public,” Boston Herald., June 12, 2005.
10. Interview with anonymous source, March 10, 2008.
11. Brown, Carrie Budoff, “Kennedy Family Split on Endorsements,” The Politico, December 17, 2007.
12. Kelly, Michael, “A Sober Look at Ted Kennedy,” GQ, 1990.
13. Clymer, p. 57.
14. www.observer.com/node44680.
15. Huffington Post, May 5, 2008.
16. Cullen, Kevin, “Always a Fighter,” Boston Globe, May 18, 2008.
17. Ibid.
CHAPTER 20
1. The description of EMK’s awakening on the morning of May 17, 2008, is based on an interview with one of his nephews, who requested anonymity.
2. David, p. 12.
3. Interview with anonymous source, October 2008.
4. Clymer, p. 34.
5. Ted Kennedy described the physical sensations that accompanied his seizure and the thoughts that went through his mind to his nephew Joseph Kennedy Jr., who visited the senator in the hospital within a few hours of the event.
6. Interview with anonymous source, May 19, 2008.
7. Romano, Lois, “The Steadfast Wind in the Senator’s Sails,” Washington Post, May 30, 2008.
8. ACP.
9. Vicki Kennedy’s “over the edge” behavior was recounted by Ted Kennedy to the relatives who visited him in the hospital directly after his seizure.
10. Duby, pp. 4–5.
11. Time, August 2, 1999.
12. www.absoluteastronomy.com/
topics/kathleen_kennedy_townsevd.
13. Interview with anonymous source, April 7, 2008.