| Description |
679 pages (large print) ; 22 cm. |
| Physical Medium |
large print rda |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print biography and memoir |
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Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
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| Note |
"The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged. Other aspects of the book may vary from the original edition"--Title page verso. |
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"Published in 2023 by arrangement with Gallery Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-676). |
| Summary |
"An illuminating new biography of the young Jackie Bouvier Kennedy that covers her formative adventures abroad in Paris; her life as a writer and photographer at a Washington, DC, newspaper; and her romance with a dashing, charismatic Massachusetts congressman who shared her intellectual passion. Camera Girl brings to cinematic life Jackie's years as a young, single woman trying to figure out who she wanted to become. Chafing at the expectations of her family and the societal limitations placed on women in that era, Jackie pursued her dream of becoming a writer. Set primarily during the years of 1949 to 1953, when Jackie was in her early twenties, the book recounts in heretofore unrevealed detail the story of her late college years and her early adulthood as a working woman. Before she met Jack Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier was the Washington Times-Herald's "Inquiring Camera Girl," posing compelling questions to members of the public on the streets of DC and snapping their photos with her unwieldy Graflex camera. She then fashioned the results into a daily column, of which six hundred were published. Carl Sferrazza Anthony, a historian and leading expert on First Ladies, draws on these columns and previously unseen archives of Jackie's writings from this time, along with insights gleaned from interviews he conducted with the former First Lady's friends, colleagues, and family members. Camera Girl offers a fresh perspective on the woman later known as Jacqueline Kennedy and Jackie O, introducing us to the headstrong, self-assured young woman who went on to be one of the world's most famous people. It's a glamorous and surprisingly hard-charging story of a person determined to define herself, told with admiration, empathy, and journalistic rigor"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.
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Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.
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Times-herald (Washington, D.C.)
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| Genre |
Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9798885791434 (hardcover) |
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