Product Description

An intimate look into the world of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis -- from the people who knew her best

In As We Remember Her, Carl Sferrazza Anthony, a historian of first ladies, paints the most personal, revealing portrait of Jackie to date -- one that shows her not in the shadow of her famous husbands or frozen in the light of flashbulbs but as she viewed herself over the years and as she was known by those closest to her.

To understand Jackie on her own terms, Anthony conducted exhaustive interviews with an impressive collection of Jackie's friends, family members, and colleagues -- many of whom speak here about her publicly for the first time -- and drew upon rarely published but quite revealing autobiographical accounts. Those interviewed include Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Joan Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, former senator John Glenn, Pamela Harriman, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Gloria Steinem, Yusha Auchincloss, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert McNamara, Ted Sorenson, Pierre Salinger, Rose Styron, former senator Claiborne Pell, and George Plimpton. And from previously sealed oral histories housed in the Kennedy Library, we hear from Jackie's mother, Janet Auchincloss, and lifetime confidante, Nancy Tuckerman, among others.

With never-before-seen family photographs and letters throughout, Carl Sferrazza Anthony has created a beautiful tribute to the private woman who forever captured the world's attention.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1182929 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-01
• Released on: 2003-04-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
Carl S. Anthony has written articles about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for Town and Country and American Heritage. He lives in Washington D.C.

Customer Reviews

At last, Jackie own thoughts revealed...
Jackie Kennedy always said she'd never write her memoirs, but this book certainly comes close. I couldn't believe seeing "her" drawings, especially one of herself as First Lady, and her beautiful words of poetry. This book humanizes this glamourous international icon and takes the reader into the real world of Jackie, including her adoration of books and the artistic process, her generosity to friends and acquaintances (such as loaning her one home to a maid every year), her love of Egyptian art and her involvement in bringing the Temple of Dendur to the Metropolitian Museum of Art and what it personally meant to her. Like the Jackie, As We Remember Her is unique and tasteful; it truly is a treasure, one to be savored and celebrated for it reveals the heart and mind of a woman beloved by many

I smiled, laughed, and cried as I read about her life.
At first I did not want to read a book full of quotes, but I totally lost myself in the book. I spent the whole day reading it. When I got to the end when Jackie died, I found myself crying. She was an inspiration and role model for all of us.

A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE!!!!
This book will take you on a ride through Jackie Kennedy Onassis's extrodinary life. A perfect book to read on a quiet afternoon alone. A handsome addition to anyone's library. FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON JACKIE ONASSIS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT MellissaLD@aol.com. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!!!!!!