The book ""Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy"" by Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer is a biography of the former First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy. The book chronicles her life from her childhood in a wealthy family to her time as First Lady during the presidency of her husband, John F. Kennedy. The author explores Jacqueline's personal life, including her marriage to JFK and the birth of their children, as well as her public role as First Lady, highlighting her cultural and artistic contributions to the White House. ...
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The book ""Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy"" by Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer is a biography of the former First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy. The book chronicles her life from her childhood in a wealthy family to her time as First Lady during the presidency of her husband, John F. Kennedy. The author explores Jacqueline's personal life, including her marriage to JFK and the birth of their children, as well as her public role as First Lady, highlighting her cultural and artistic contributions to the White House. The book also delves into the tragic events surrounding JFK's assassination and Jacqueline's subsequent life as a widow and single mother. Through extensive research and interviews with those who knew her, Thayer paints a vivid portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy as a complex and fascinating figure who left an indelible mark on American history.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."
