tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151392762208539379.post1972224460925638831..comments2023-06-23T03:17:34.523-07:00Comments on Burton Hersh: The Many Faces of Joseph P. KennedyBurton Hershhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811412812377062372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151392762208539379.post-60334053271689656402012-12-20T08:40:24.157-08:002012-12-20T08:40:24.157-08:00Where to start, you ask. With Nasaw, I answer: has...Where to start, you ask. With Nasaw, I answer: has he read Bobby and J. Edgar and, if so, how on earth can his book not respond to the massive evidence of bootlegging documented in your book?<br /><br />That said, I liked your post. Proceed with caution. Nasaw's categorical denial of Joe K's bootlegging at 2:40 is featured a recent interview with him on Chicago Public Television.<br /><br />Here's the Nasaw interview: http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/12/18/patriarch <br /><br />Interestingly, at 0:50 Nasaw boasts that he was virtually commissioned by the Kennedys to write about Joe: after being "approached by Jean Kennedy Smith" he had lunch six months later with Senator Kennedy.<br /><br />I'll get the Nasaw book from my public library and will then weigh in at the Amazon comments section. People read 'em!Steve Sewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777997814869931008noreply@blogger.com