Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - Brossura

Lawrence, Greg

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ISBN 10: 1250001943 ISBN 13: 9781250001948

Casa editrice: St. Martin's Griffin, 2011

Riassunto

History remembers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as the consummate first lady, the nation's tragic widow, the tycoon's wife, and, of course, the quintessential embodiment of elegance. Her biographers, however, tend to skip over an equally important stage in her life: her almost two-decade-long career as a book editor, publishing authors as diverse as Diana Vreeland, Louis Auchincloss, George Plimpton, Dorothy West, Naguib Mahfouz, and even Michael Jackson.

Greg Lawrence, who had three of his books edited by Jackie, draws from interviews with more than 125 of her former collaborators and acquaintances to examine one of the twentieth century's most enduring subjects of fascination through a new angle: her previously untouted skill in the career she chose. Away from the public eye, Jackie found fulfillment and quietly defined life on her own terms.

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L'autore:

GREG LAWRENCE is the author or coauthor of seven previous books, including Colored Lights (with John Kander and Fred Ebb), Dance With Demons, Time Steps (with Donna McKechnie), the New York Times bestselling Dancing on My Grave, The Shape of Love, and The Little Ballerina and her Dancing Horse, the last three edited by Jackie Onassis.

Product Description:

Lawrence delivers an absorbing chronicle of a much-overlooked chapter in Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's life--her 19-year editorial career. "Jackie as Editor" gives intimate new insights into the life of a complex and enigmatic woman.

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• Editore: St. Martin's Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1250001943
• ISBN 13: 9781250001948
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352