The Kennedy wives : triumph and tragedy in America's most public family
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- ISBN: 9781493016716
- ISBN: 1493016717
- ISBN: 9780762796342
- ISBN: 0762796340
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource. - Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2015]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Rose -- From the cradle -- Between Joe and Honey Fitz -- Nine little helpless infants -- Leaving Boston -- Ambassadress -- Rosemary -- The marchioness and the war heroes -- Accolades, weddings, births, victories -- The First Mother -- "We shall all be happy together" -- On destiny -- Part II. Ethel -- A love story, with detours -- The rise of the Skakels -- The girl with the red convertible -- Manhattanville -- Bobby's wife -- First births, first deaths -- Hickory Hill -- A tidal wave -- Run, Bobby, run -- A tremendous amount of presence -- Still herself -- Part III. Jackie -- Black Jack and Janet -- That damn Vassar -- The career woman and the distinguished gentleman -- A sporadic courtship, a celebrity wedding -- Jack's dark side -- The senator's wife -- The campaigner -- The queen of the restoration -- Life at the White House, and away -- Patrick -- Dallas -- Aftermath -- The many lives of Jackie Kennedy -- Part IV. Joan -- The music -- Marrying the Kennedys -- Campaigning with the Kennedys -- Catching up -- The supportive wife -- The prettiest stand-in -- Nobody, nothing -- Chappaquiddick -- "The beginning of the end" -- Still a Kennedy -- Part V. Vicki -- A different type -- The womanizing ends -- Battling Romney -- New kind of Kennedy -- Time to sail -- To the grave. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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