Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy is a biography written by Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer, chronicling the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from her childhood to her time as First Lady of the United States. The book explores Jackie's privileged upbringing, her education at prestigious schools, her early career as a journalist, and her marriage to John F. Kennedy. Thayer delves into Jackie's role as First Lady, her efforts to restore the White House, and her advocacy for the arts. The book also covers the tragic assassination of ...
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy is a biography written by Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer, chronicling the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from her childhood to her time as First Lady of the United States. The book explores Jackie's privileged upbringing, her education at prestigious schools, her early career as a journalist, and her marriage to John F. Kennedy. Thayer delves into Jackie's role as First Lady, her efforts to restore the White House, and her advocacy for the arts. The book also covers the tragic assassination of President Kennedy and Jackie's subsequent years as a widow and her remarriage to Aristotle Onassis. Thayer provides an insightful and detailed portrait of one of the most iconic and enigmatic figures of the 20th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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This book grew out of a series of articles, in McCalls magazine, in 1959-60, by Molly Thayer,a friend of Jackie, and her mother, Janet Auchincloss. It is a charming sketch of a highly individualistic woman, from a priviliged background. It is also an example of Jackie's intuitive, albeit initial reluctance, to share personal informaion to a curious public. No doubt the Kennedy family urged her to do this, as part of the campaign, but she did it on her own selective terms, aided by another scion of American aristocracy, Molly Van Rensselaer Thayer, of the old dutch patroon family. A durable, and not unproven, rumor is that Jackie wrote the articles herself, and Molly simply served as "editor". What is known, however, is that Jackie did tell her mother not to show "Molly Thayer any more old photographs" because she was disturbed that the one of her taken against a canvas tennis screen, with a cigarrette holder,and wearing a peasant style blouse, "makes me look like a stupid glamour girl."