 First edition | |
| Author | Kitty Kelley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Published | 2004 (Doubleday) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 736 |
| ISBN | 978-0385503242 |
| OCLC | 56471745 |
| LC Class | E747 .K45 2004b |
The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty is anunauthorized biography of theBush family by the Americaninvestigative journalistKitty Kelley. It was published on September 14, 2004, less than two months before the2004 US Presidential election. Reviews of the book were mixed, with some of the "accusations," according toThe New York Times, "[standing] up better than others."[1]
Glynn Wilson, who failed to graduate yet falsely claimed to be professor of journalism at the University of Tennessee and who, in the aftermath ofHurricane Katrina, falsely claimed to have been the New Orleans Bureau Chief of theDallas Morning News (no such bureau existed), was a free-lance journalist fromAlabama,[2] who sued Kelley for plagiarism claiming passages from the book contained the exact wording as an online article he had written.[3] Wilson subsequently withdrew the infringement suit, first filed in Federal District Court in Birmingham. In an interview with theNew York Times, Wilson indicated he withdrew because he was likely to lose the suit. Wilson also agreed not to refile his claim. According to the New York Times, Wilson received no monetary settlement from Kelley or the publisher.[4]