You should read the autobiograhy of Sinatra's black butler. Joseph Kennedy was trash.
Whaddya expect from Capone-style bootlegger? The family never deserves all the accolades it gets. Old Joe even had his daughter lobotomized and stuck in an institution. Low-lifes the whole bunch.
Another book I read by the mobster who claims to have knocked off Jimmy Hoffa made Joe look pretty bad.
I gotta believe him as he hung out at my favorite Philly pizza place.
Another good book titled "A Question of Character" which was really about JFK's lack of it, details the POS father's evil-doin's pretty well. I can't recall the author but if you do a search on Amazon I'm sure it will show up.