The Kennedy Family Album: Personal Photos of America’s First Family

July 6, 2010 | By In Entertainment |

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5 Comments so far

  1. Richard J. O'Connell, Sr. on July 6th, 2010

    I was completly satisified with the customer service and product “The Kennedy Family Album”. Bookbrothers1 Associates “Keep Up Your Great Positive Work Ethic!” Richard J. O’Connell, Boca Raton, Florida.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  2. Ann P. Grecco on July 6th, 2010

    I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS BOOK….I EXPECTED TO SEE PICTURES OF THE KENNEDYS THAT WERE MORE INTIMATE; THEY SHOWED MORE OF THE ENTIRE KENNEDY RELATIVES THAN OF THE JOHN KENNEDY FAMILY ITSELF. THE TITLE IS MISLEADING. IT WAS MORE OF AN “AUTOBIOGRAPHY” OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
    Rating: 2 / 5

  3. George W. Healey on July 6th, 2010

    The Kennedy Family Album is an outstanding book. The photographs are remarkable and the numerous captions as well as the story’s were both funny and heart warming. The story’s involving Rose Kennedy were especially good. The one heart breaker was the photo of President Kennedy leaving Palm Beach a few days before he went to Dallas. It was titled “The Last Photograph”. There he was shaking hands with a friend, big smile. The date was 15 Nov 63.

    Very enjoyable were the story’s about the various Kennedy family children. Caroline and John of course and there many cousins. Especially good were the short stories about Maria Shriver.

    There are also photos and story’s about the Kennedy adults. As mentioned earlier Rose Kennedy, JFK, Jackie, Bobby, Ted and many more.

    If you liked the Kennedy’s this is a must have book. The star of this book is the man behind the camera, Bob Davidoff. He was chosen by Rose Kennedy to be the “official” photographer for the Kennedy’s when they were in Palm Beach. He did a magnificent job. He held this position for many years. Yes, an outstanding book.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  4. Thomas C. Clarie on July 6th, 2010

    Now,wouldn’t you have expected this photo collection to be a huge, heavy coffee table book — but it is not. Instead, famous photographer Bob Davidoff’s widow, Babe Davidoff, and her family have created an intimate but powerful 9-inch by 10-inch book that is a delight to both one’s lap and one’s eyes. There are 200 photos, 40 of them in full-page color, but it is the black and white ones that haunt me. Photographer Davidoff’s Kennedy shots are exhilarating and historic. They immediately get under your skin. And why are you suddenly crying? What was it about Davidoff that made the Kennedys look like a touching, regular American family? What also makes this book not a table-breaking coffee table work is the beautiful text by award-winning Linda Corley. There are 40 pages of her work here, delicately interspersed with the photos. The interweaving is done so softly that the writing itself seems like a transparency floating above the pictures. Or are the levitating words just the spirits of the Kennedy boys? Would that Corley had written another 150 pages, but then, where would one put Davidoff’s heartwarming and heartwrenching photos? The interior design work by Lorie Pagnozzi is among the best I have ever seen in a photography book. And what are my two favorite photos among this feast? Of course they are in black and white and are smallish, sitting on back-to-back pages, one showing Ted Kennedy getting ready for a bike ride with his son, the other portraying Sarge Shriver hugging his son. I could use a hug like that every day. If you buy this book and let it linger in your lap and heart every day of your life, you will get lots of hugs, from the Kennedys, and, yes, from the Davidoff family.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  5. Bent Lilleeng on July 6th, 2010

    From never to have had any sort of relationship or interest in the Kennedy family, i found this book surprisingly pleasant and entertaining to read.

    It raised my curiosity in the Kennedys, and could have started a long and expensive book collection

    The way the story is told in this book, makes it very personal and enchanting…..

    Rating: 5 / 5

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