Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up

Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up by journalist Leo Damore is an investigative account of the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident, in which Mary Jo Kopechne died after Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy’s car went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. Originally published in 1988, the book examines the accident, the investigation, the inquest, and the political and legal response that followed. 

Drawing on extensive reporting, interviews, and research, Damore argues that Kennedy’s political connections influenced how the case was handled. That interpretation was disputed by Kennedy’s representatives, who publicly criticized the book’s reliability, making it an important but contested work in the historical debate surrounding Chappaquiddick. 

A compelling choice for readers interested in American political history, investigative journalism, true crime, the Kennedy family, and controversial twentieth-century events.

Hardcover, Very Good. Some whiteout on first inside page.