EAN: 9780375701047

PERSONAL HISTORY - KATHARINE GRAHAM KARTONIERT ...

The captivating  inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the
most turbulent periods in the history of American media.  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for
Biography  In this bestselling and widely acclaimed memoir  Katharine Graham  the woman who
piloted the Washington Post through the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate  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.    As timely now as ever  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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