Liam Fay: Seaside tales of the Kennedys in summer 1944 read like PR puff for a tarnished brand

Liam Fay: Seaside tales of the Kennedys in summer 1944 read like PR puff for a tarnished brand

Jack Kennedy had a bad back but sturdy sea-legs. As a young man, the charismatic Bostonian who would achieve superhero status as JFK – sainted and (some say) martyred 35th president of the United States – struggled to cope with the rackety health he’d endured since infancy.