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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A stunning chronicle of the life of Jackie Onassis, detailing her marriages to John F. Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis, why her second marriage fell apart, and how she lived during her secluded New York years.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A book that explores the seemingly magical world of Jackie Onassis' youth, her fairy-tale marriage to a wealthy and handsome senator and presidential candidate and her astonishing transformation into a deft political wife and unique first lady also explores what the author asserts was Jackie's 31-year struggle with PTSD after the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Presents 250 black-and-white photos of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with accompanying text, chronicling the varied stages of her very public life--from her posh childhood to her years as a Senate wife, First Lady, widow, and working woman. Includes a bibliography.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Though Jackie has a reputation for avoiding publicity, she willingly courted controversy in her books. She was the first editor to commission a commercially successful book telling the story of Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his female slave. Her publication of Gelsey Kirkland's attack on dance icon George Balanchine caused another storm. Jackie rarely spoke of her personal life., but many of her books ran parallel to, echo, and emerged from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Of all the great love stories that have had an impact on our times - Eleanor and Franklin, Winston and Clementine, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - none has remained as shrouded in secrecy and misunderstanding as that of John and Jacqueline Kennedy." "Here, for the first time, their story is told the way it was always meant to be told - with such depth and amazing detail that it sheds a whole new light on the relationship at the heart of Camelot."...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy during the thousand days of JFK's administration sheds new light on her life as both a woman and as First Lady, revealing the world of a woman fighting for herself, her marriage, and her husband's presidency.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at the much talked-about -- but never fully revealed -- relationship between Jackie Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy that began as a result of their shared grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and lasted until Bobby began his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Discover a delightful new story about Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, one of the most famous women in the world. Jackie never wrote a memoir but revealed herself in the nearly 100 books she brought into print. Jackie and the Books She Loved is a dazzling book about the real woman behind this American icon of style and grace brought to life by the whimsical and tasteful artwork of Bats Langley. 36pp.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair--Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from her recent divorce, searching for meaning, new love, and an anchor; and Jackie, one of the most celebrated, meticulous, unknowable women in American history. Nonetheless, over the next decade their lives merged in inextricable...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period-as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library-Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an unforgettable new portrait of a woman whose flaws and contradictions...
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