Product Description

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis-better known as Jackie O. to the tabloids, "the deb" to the Kennedy clan, and the 35th First Lady to historians-is easily one of the most recognizable Presidential wives. She remains the model of the proper American woman. But what was Jackie O. hiding behind those big, dark shades?

From her New York society upbringing to her time in the White House to her days spent as a Doubleday editor, this is the ultimate biography of a woman everyone recognized but few knew. Did you know that:

• Her first job was as the "Inquiring Camera Girl" for the Washington Times-Herald?
• Before she started dating Jack Kennedy, she hadn't even voted in a national election?
• She was the only family member strong enough to remove Robert Kennedy from life-support measures after he was shot?
• She asked Rose Kennedy for her blessing before she married Aristotle Onassis?

She was American royalty and is now an American icon. The Everything Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Book delivers everything you always wanted to know about this captivating woman.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #308172 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

About the Author
Kathleen Tracy has been an entertainment journalist for more than twenty years. Her writing has been featured in many national magazines including A&E Biography, The Herald, VideoAge, TV Times, and Variety. She is the author of more than thirty adult books including Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain and The Girl's Got Bite: A Look at Buffy's World. She has also written dozens of young adult research biographies and histories. She lives in Studio City, CA.

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Customer Reviews

Breadth, not depth
This is a good book if you're just starting to research, or learn, about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The format is chronological; it includes all of the major events of her life spanning childhood to her final days in New York City. Each section is about two to four paragraphs with photos to support much of the text. The content, while being thorough, is sparce due to the book's attempt to list everything (ergo, the title) that encompassed her life. There are, however, some interesting trivial facts about her (and President Kennedy) that make reading this book fun to read, as these tidbits of information aren't usually included in many of the more in-depth biographies on her. Overall, this is a good book by the Everything Series to launch someone's study of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

A good starting point
This is a basic, "just the facts ma'am" biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The book covers her life from beginning to end, in chronological order, but does not go into any depth about any part of her life. Each chapter is only a dozen or so pages long. There are photographs throughout, but many are of poor quality, and they are the sort of standard Kennedy photos that most readers have probably seen many times.

If you are a devout Jackie buff, the only reason to purchase this book is for the bits of trivial details that are sprinkled throughout. I have read a lot about Jackie but encountered things I had not seen in any other Jackie bio. Nothing earth shattering, though.

I think this book would be most appreciated by those with only a minimal knowledge of Jacqueline Onassis who want a very basic, fact-based biography without all of the gossip, speculation and psychoanalysis.

Never Enough Jackie
How can anyone ever get enough of Jackie? You can't. This marvelous book helps with more Jackie facts. A must read.