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Personal History

Katharine Graham

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Personal History won the Pulitzer Prize and was a #1 National Bestseller. In this widely acclaimed memoir, Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling. Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husband—a confidant to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson—plunge into the mental illness that would culminate in his suicide. And here is the widow who shook off her grief and insecurity to take on a president and a pressman's union as she entered the profane boys' club of the newspaper business. Personal History is an exemplary record of our history and of the woman who played such a shaping role within them, discovering her own strength and sense of self as she confronted—and mastered—the personal and professional crises of her fascinating life.

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Publisher
Vintage
Year
2011
ISBN-13
9780307758934
Genre
Biography & Memoir
Topics
Newspaper industry and journalismWatergate and Pentagon PapersPersonal resilience and leadership

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