Reddit reviews The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
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Lots of things are said, printed and didn't actually happen. One person reports a rumor and another and another and all of a sudden it's printed in "history books."
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This book investigated the claims. None can be proven. These claims were mainly just because he was Irish. He made his money clearly and, at the time, legally.
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He was the first chairman of the SEC under FDR, and subsequently made many tactics he had previously used illegal.
not really about JFK - but his dad. The Patriarch by David Nasaw is an incredible book, and will give you enough material on JFK.