Dear Mrs Kennedy

Author : Jay Mulvaney,Paul De Angelis
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429946025

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Dear Mrs. Kennedy by Jay Mulvaney,Paul De Angelis Pdf

From the bestselling author of Kennedy Weddings and Diana and Jackie comes a powerful and moving collection of the condolence letters Jacqueline Kennedy received after the assassination of John F. Kennedy In the weeks and months following the assassination of her husband, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy received more than one million letters. The impact of President Kennedy's death was so immense that people from every station in life wrote to her, sharing their feelings of sympathy, sorrow, and hope. She received letters from political luminaries such as Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr., and Charles De Gaulle. Hollywood stars like Lauren Bacall, Vivian Leigh, and Gene Kelly voiced their sympathy, as did foreign dignitaries including Queen Elizabeth II, the King and Queen of Greece, and the Prince of Monaco. Distinguished members of the arts and society—Ezra Pound, Noel Coward, Babe Paley, Langston Hughes, Oleg Cassini, Josephine Baker—offered their heartfelt condolences. And children, with the most heartbreaking sincerity, reached out to the First Lady to comfort her in her time of grief. More than just a compendium of letters, Dear Mrs. Kennedy uses these many voices to tell the unforgettable story of those fateful four days in November, when the world was struck with shock and sadness. It vividly captures the months that followed, as a nation---and a family---attempted to rebuild. Filled with emotion, patriotism, and insight, the letters are a poignant time capsule of one of the seminal events of the twentieth century. Dear Mrs. Kennedy offers a diverse portrait not only of the aftermath of the assassination, but of the Kennedy mystique that continues to captivate the world.

Author : Barbara A. Perry
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780700626502

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Jacqueline Kennedy by Barbara A. Perry Pdf

In a mere one thousand days, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy created an entrancing public persona that has remained intact for more than a half-century. Even now, long after her death in 1994, she remains a figure of enduring—and endearing—interest. Yet, while innumerable books have focused on the legends and gossip surrounding this charismatic figure, Barbara Perry’s is the first to focus largely on Kennedys’ White House years, portraying a First Lady far more complex and enigmatic than previously perceived. Noting how Jackie’s celebrity and devotion to privacy have for years precluded a more serious treatment, Perry’s engaging and well-crafted story illuminates Kennedy’s immeasurable impact on the institution of the First Lady. Perry vividly illustrates the complexities of Jacqueline Bouvier’s marriage to John F. Kennedy, and shows how she transformed herself from a reluctant political wife to an effective, confident presidential partner. Perry is especially illuminating in tracing the First Lady’s mastery of political symbolism and imagery, along with her use of television and state entertainment to disseminate her work to a global audience. By offering the White House as a stage for the arts, Jackie also bolstered the president’s Cold War efforts to portray the United States as the epitome of a free society. From redecorating the White House, to championing Lafayette Square’s preservation, to lending her name to fund-raising for the National Cultural Center, she had a profound impact on the nation’s psyche and cultural life. Meanwhile, her fashionable clothes and glamorous hairdos stood in stark contrast to the dowdiness of her predecessors and the drab appearances of Communist leaders’ spouses. Never before or since have a First Lady (and her husband) sparkled with so much hope and vigor on the stage of American public life. Perry’s deft narrative captures all of that and more, even as it also insightfully depicts Jackie’s struggles to preserve her own identity amid the pressures of an institution she changed forever. Grounded on the author’s painstaking research into previously overlooked or unavailable archives, at the Kennedy Library and elsewhere, as well as interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy’s close associates, Perry’s work expands and enriches our understanding of a remarkable American woman.

Author : Ellen Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061991257

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Letters to Jackie by Ellen Fitzpatrick Pdf

“A terrific, original, and important work….Fitzpatrick provides a stunningly fresh look at the impact of JFK’s assassination on the American people.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin For Letters to Jackie, noted historian and News Hour with Jim Lehrer commentator Ellen Fitzpatrick combed through literally thousands of condolence messages sent by ordinary Americans to Jacqueline Kennedy following the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, in 1963. The first book ever to examine this extraordinary collection, Letters to Jackie presents 250 intimate, heartfelt, eye-opening responses to what was arguably the most devastating event in twentieth century America, providing a fascinating perspective on a singular time in the history of our nation.

Author : Clint Hill,Lisa McCubbin Hill
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451648478

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Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill,Lisa McCubbin Hill Pdf

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called “clear and honest prose free from salaciousness and gossip,” Jackie Kennedy’s personal Secret Service agent details his very close relationship with the First Lady during the four years leading up to and following President John F. Kennedy’s tragic assassination. In those four years, Hill was by Mrs. Kennedy’s side for some of the happiest moments as well as the darkest. He was there for the birth of John, Jr. on November 25, 1960, as well as for the birth and sudden death of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy on August 8, 1963. Three and a half months later, the unthinkable happened. Forty-seven years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the one vivid image that never leaves Clint Hill’s mind is that of President Kennedy’s head lying on Mrs. Kennedy’s lap in the back seat of the limousine, his eyes fixed, blood splattered all over the back of the car, Mrs. Kennedy, and Hill as well. Sprawled on the trunk of the car as it sped away from Dealey Plaza, Hill clung to the sides of the car, his feet wedged in so his body was as high as possible. Clint Hill jumped on the car too late to save the president, but all he knew after that first shot was that if more shots were coming, the bullets had to hit him instead of the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy’s strength, class, and dignity over those tragic four days in November 1963 held the country together. This is the story, told for the first time, of the man who perhaps held her together.

Author : Jan Pottker
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466852303

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Janet and Jackie by Jan Pottker Pdf

Despite hundreds of books and thousands of articles on Jackie Kennedy, surprisingly little is known about her mother's role in her life and achievements. Often dismissed as a social climber who faded into the woodwork after she divorced Jackie's father-the dashing, disreputable "Black Jack" Bouvier-and married the rich Hugh D. Auchincloss, Janet not only played a pivotal part in Jackie's own wedding to JFK, but often served as a stand-in for Jackie during the White House years, and helped her cope with John and Caroline after the assassination. The only book to explore this fascinating mother-daughter relationship, Janet & Jackie is filled with stories that shed new light on the personal life of an American icon.

Author : Clint Hill,Lisa McCubbin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 1617939234

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Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill,Lisa McCubbin Pdf

Author : Barbara Leaming
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451678116

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Mrs. Kennedy by Barbara Leaming Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Here for the first time is the full story of the extravagant interplay of sex and politics that constitutes one of modern history's most spectacular dramas. Drawing from recently declassified top-secret material, as well as revelatory eyewitness accounts, Secret Service records, and Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal letters, bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming answers the question: what was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Brilliantly researched, Leaming’s poignant and powerful chronicle illuminates the tumultuous day-to-day life of a woman who entered the White House at age thirty-one, seven years into a complex and troubled marriage, and left at thirty-four after her husband's assassination. Revealing the full story of the interplay of sex and politics in Washington, Mrs. Kennedy will indelibly challenge our vision of this fascinating woman, and bring a new perspective to her crucial role in the Kennedy presidency.

Author : Hamish Bowles
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Presidents' spouses
ISBN : 0870999818

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Jacqueline Kennedy by Hamish Bowles Pdf

Catalog to accompany exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May-August 2001 and at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in fall 2001.

Author : Jay Mulvaney
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429978422

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Diana and Jackie by Jay Mulvaney Pdf

History has seen only a few women so magical, so evanescent, that they captured the spirit and imagination of their times. Diana, Princess of Wales and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were two of these rare creatures. They were the most famous women of the twentieth century--admired, respected, even adored at times; rebuked, mocked and reviled at others. Separated by nationality and a generation apart, they led two surprisingly similar lives. Both were the daughters of acrimonious divorce. Both wed men twelve years their senior, men who needed "trophy brides" to advance their careers. Both married into powerful and domineering families, who tried, unsuccessfully, to tame their willful independence. Both inherited power through marriage and both rebelled within their official roles, forever crushing the archetype. And both revolutionized dynasties. And yet in many ways they were completely different: Jackie lived her life with an English "stiff upper lip"--never complaining, never explaining in the face of immense public curiosity. Diana lived her life with an American "quivering lower lip"--with televised tell-alls, exposing her family drama to a world eager for every detail. These two lives have been well documented but never before compared. And never before examined in the context of their times. Jay Mulvaney, author of Kennedy Weddings and Jackie: The Clothes of Camelot, probes the lives of these two twentieth century icons and discovers: -The nature of their personalities forged from the cradle by their relationships with their fathers, Black Jack Bouvier and Johnny Spencer -Their early years, and their early relationships with men. -Their marriages, and the truth behind the lies, the betrayals and the arrangements. -Their greatest achievements: motherhood. -Their prickly relationships with their august mothers-in-law, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth II -Their lives as single women, working mothers.Their roles as icons and archetypes. Graced with never before seen photographs from many private collections, and painstakingly researched, Diana and Jackie presents these two remarkable and unique women as they have never been seen before.

Author : Clint Hill,Lisa McCubbin Hill
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982181123

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My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy by Clint Hill,Lisa McCubbin Hill Pdf

"Sparked by long-forgotten gifts and memorabilia discovered in an old trunk, the now ninety-year-old Hill reminisces about private moments, shared laughs, and crazy adventures with one of the world's most iconic women during her time as First Lady, and the excruciating year following the assassination of her husband. After all, he notes that 'when you travel with someone, you experience things that can't be fully appreciated by anyone who wasn't there'"--

Author : Bonnie Bader,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780451534545

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Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? by Bonnie Bader,Who HQ Pdf

Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose influence is still felt even today. Kids will be fascinated to read about a First Family whose youth, intelligence, and good looks captivated America in the early 1960s.

Author : Mary Gallagher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1624290256

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My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy by Mary Gallagher Pdf

Few books in publishing history created such excitement in advance of publication as My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy. A small portion of the book, appearing in serial form, produced a wave of press speculation throughout the world and whetted the anticipation of readers everywhere for the whole story. And only by reading the complete book can the complexities of the former Jacqueline Kennedy's personality and life be fully understood.This book reveals Jacqueline Kennedy as a real person -- as a wife, as a mother, as a seeker of perfection in art and life. And, it describes her brilliant refurbishing of The White House, where Mary worked closely with her in the Family Quarters. For the light it sheds on crucial years inAmerican history and on Jacqueline Kennedy, this book is unique. It takes us back to Camelot and shows the real woman beneath the goddess-figure the world's idolatry made her.Nearly a half-century has passed since the original publication of MyLife with Jacqueline Kennedy in 1969; therefore, its reissuance at this time is deemed appropriate for the benefit of all future generations in their overall understanding of this historical, interesting Kennedy Era.

Author : Bridget Watson Payne
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1452114064

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New York Jackie by Bridget Watson Payne Pdf

As familiar as we are with images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the charming former first lady, fewer know the dynamic woman who called New York City home. Shortly after JFK's assassination in 1964, Jackie moved to Manhattan and lived there for the next three decades. This intimate collection of photographs celebrates her life in the city as a mother, book editor, style icon, and most of all, a New Yorker. Eating ice cream with her kids on Fifth Avenue, working with authors at Doubleday Books, riding her bike through Central Park—these images capture the real-life joy, creative passion, and effortless grace of New York Jackie.

Author : Wendy Leigh
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312331215

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The Secret Letters by Wendy Leigh Pdf

In a series of letters exchanged between the wife and mistress of JFK, each woman struggles with their tenacious friendship, love for the same man, and reluctant understanding of each other's feelings.

Author : Joseph A. Esposito
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512602555

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Dinner in Camelot by Joseph A. Esposito Pdf

In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted forty-nine Nobel Prize winnersÑalong with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writersÑat a famed White House dinner. Among the guests were J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was officially welcomed back to Washington after a stint in the political wilderness; Linus Pauling, who had picketed the White House that very afternoon; William and Rose Styron, who began a fifty-year friendship with the Kennedy family that night; James Baldwin, who would later discuss civil rights with Attorney General Robert Kennedy; Mary Welsh Hemingway, Ernest HemingwayÕs widow, who sat next to the president and grilled him on Cuba policy; John Glenn, who had recently orbited the earth aboard Friendship 7; historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., who argued with Ava Pauling at dinner; and many others. Actor Frederic March gave a public recitation after the meal, including some unpublished work of HemingwayÕs that later became part of Islands in the Stream. Held at the height of the Cold War, the dinner symbolizes a time when intellectuals were esteemed, divergent viewpoints could be respectfully discussed at the highest level, and the great minds of an age might all dine together in the rarefied glamour of Òthe peopleÕs house.Ó