Smashing Mythology: Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. and Bootlegging

Description

Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. is a very complicated figure with a variety of identities over the course of his life: a son, a brother, a student, a husband, a father, a financier, a film producer, and a public servant, but his wealth, his career, and indeed his entire life is often reduced to one-word: bootlegger. It has become part of the Kennedy family story. Ranger Jon explores the origins of this myth in an attempt to explain its continued persistence

Duration

16 minutes, 50 seconds

Date Created

08/14/2020

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