***Joe Kennedy bought a boatload of JFK’s “why England Slept” so they could advertise the “fact” that JFK was a best selling author during his initial congressional campaign.***
Big Joe probably paid in advance BEFORE the book had been written.
Old Joe was a truly evil man.
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Wiki
“1940, Kennedy completed his thesis, “Appeasement in Munich”, about British participation in the Munich Agreement. The thesis became a bestseller under the title Why England Slept. He graduated from Harvard College cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in government, concentrating on international affairs”