<p>The history of the Irish immigrant Kennedys has long focused on its prominent men. A new book looks to JFK's grandmother Bridget Murphy Kennedy as the foundation of the family and a neglected figure for understanding immigration, urban life, and the changing of American politics.</p>
Irish American author Neal Thompson delves into the lives and hardscrabble early years of the Kennedy family in his new book, "The First Kennedys, The Humble Roots Of An American Dynasty."