Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life
Author: Donald Spoto
She was America's sweetheart; the embodiment of grace, elegance, style, charm, and-as the world discovered in late 1963-bravery. And though much has been written about the most famous woman of the 20th century, no biography has revealed the true Jackie; none has successfully separated the truth from the lies, or portrayed the Queen of Camelot in all her complexity-until now. With access to Jackie's own writings, the archives of the John F. Kennedy Library, and those who knew her best, bestselling celebrity biographer Donald Spoto illuminates Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and the sixty-five years of her life with candor, compassion and compelling detail. Readers will discover:
* The early years: a privileged but lonely childhood that shaped Jackie's resilience and poise, working as a photojournalist for the Washington Times-Herald, and meeting a handsome congressman named Kennedy
* Life as the first lady: dealing with Jack's infidelity, adjusting to life in the spotlight, and her influence on the policies of the Kennedy Administration
* Mrs. Onassis: life after Jack, marrying the Greek tycoon, her accomplished career as a book editor, her final days, and much more
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Spoto has taken on Marilyn, Marlene, and Diana (among others), so why not Jackie Kennedy? Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Helen Thomas, Civil White House Correspondent, United Press International - Thomas
Donald Spoto has written a perfect, incisive biography of the first lady…he has helped us to understand and appreciate the very private personality of a woman in a very public life. Spoto's book is invaluable in the absence of the memoirs that Jackie refused to write.
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Hard America, Soft America: Competition vs. Coddling and the Battle for the Nation's Future
Author: Michael Baron
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Table of Contents:
| Introduction : hard America and soft America | 11 | |
| Ch. 1 | Softening : from Sister Carrie to The man in the gray flannel suit | 17 |
| Ch. 2 | Softening and hardening : from The long goodbye to The greening of America | 37 |
| Ch. 3 | Hardening : from Rabbit is rich to Barbarians at the gate | 65 |
| Ch. 4 | Hardening : from Mr. Sammler's planet to the 2003 blackout | 95 |
| Ch. 5 | Hardening : from If I die in a combat zone to the Iraq war | 123 |
| Conclusion : the battle for the nation's future | 143 | |
| Notes | 163 | |
| Acknowledgments | 177 | |
| Index | 181 |
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