The Everything Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Book
Author | : Kathleen Tracy |
Publisher | : Adams Media |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2008-05-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1598695304 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781598695304 |
Rating | : 4/5 (304 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Everything Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Book written by Kathleen Tracy and published by Adams Media. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Portrait of an American Icon Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis-better known as Jackie O. to the tabloids, "the deb" to the Kennedy clan, and the 35th First Lady to historians-is easily one of the most recognizable Presidential wives. She remains the model of the proper American woman. But what was Jackie O. hiding behind those big, dark shades? &break;From her New York society upbringing to her time in the White House to her days spent as a Doubleday editor, this is the ultimate biography of a woman everyone recognized but few knew. Did you know that: &break; Her first job was as the "Inquiring Camera Girl" for the Washington Times-Herald? &break; Before she started dating Jack Kennedy, she hadn't even voted in a national election? &break; She was the only family member strong enough to remove Robert Kennedy from life-support measures after he was shot? &break; She asked Rose Kennedy for her blessing before she married Aristotle Onassis? &break; She was American royalty and is now an American icon. The Everything Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Book delivers everything you always wanted to know about this captivating woman.