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Date: 5/18/2021
Subject: Penn's Village Presents: Dangerous Friends
From: Penn's Village



 “Dangerous Friends:
How The Friendship with Joe McCarthy 
 Blighted the Lives of John & Robert Kennedy”

with Historian David Nasaw

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 2:00 pm via Zoom

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Prize-winning author David Nasaw explores a complex friendship between the Kennedy men – Joe, Jack and Bobby – that began in the early 1950s and included jobs, money, romance and politics.  Nasaw weaves the story into Senate and White House deliberations during McCarthy’s “reign of terror” investigating alleged communism in America.  The influence of that friendship still reverberates today.  This lecture was part of a series sponsored by the Free Library of Philadelphia entitled “Trust No One: Joe McCarthy and the Politics of Fear.”

 

David Nasaw is an American author, biographer and historian who specializes in the cultural and social history of early 20th Century America. He recently retired from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he was the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History. He has written the definitive biographies of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph P. Kennedy, and most recently, “The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War, which can be found here:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318732/the-last-million-by-david-nasaw/

He holds a PhD from Columbia University.


LOCATION

 
This will be an online event hosted via Zoom Conferencing. You do not need a Zoom account but you will need to download and install the Zoom app on your computer or mobile device to join the event. Please email us at tech@pennsvillage.org in advance if you need assistance installing the Zoom app or check our new Zoom Instructions. If you cannot join the event using your computer or mobile device and the Zoom app, you can join the event via teleconference and hear the audio portion.
 
You will receive an email a few days before the event as well as on the day of the event with a link to the meeting, the Meeting ID, call-in telephone numbers and instructions for joining the meeting.

RSVP

 
Self-registration is now available on the Penn's Village website!  Please review our
Self-Registration Instructions and register here: Dangerous Friends  You can also register by emailing info@pennsvillage.org or calling 215-925-7333. If you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation to make room for others.
 
This program is free of charge to our members and volunteer partners.  Guests are welcome to attend up to three programs before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village.
 
Group photos may be taken during this event.

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