Our list of some of the best Jackie Kennedy books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story (2015)
- JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS: A Jackie Kennedy Biography (2018)
- Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies (2016)
- Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill (2019)
- Mrs. Kennedy and Me (2012)
- Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys (2005)
- The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee (2019)
- Jackie Kennedy: The Biography (2019)
- Jackie’s Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family (2018)
- The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline, and the New Generation – A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy (2020)
- Jackie & John F. Kennedy Jr. A Mother’s Love (2019)
- Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years (2002)
- THE KENNEDYS: JFK and Jackie Kennedy – 2 Books in 1 (2018)
- Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot (2012)
- Kennedy: A Captivating Guide to the Life of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (2017)
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story (2015)
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onasis: The Untold Story is the first book to document Jackie’s thirty-one-year struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here is the woman as she has never been seen before.
JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS: A Jackie Kennedy Biography (2018)
When we think of how we would like to be remembered, many things will come to mind. Perhaps for our family, maybe for things we have achieved, for our kindness, or for our understanding, and empathy. Though, for Jackie Kennedy, recognition comes mostly from one day in November 1963, her involvement in a defining event which fixes her in the public eye.Despite the fact that she would go on to achieve much more in her life and prior to that day had built up a promising career.
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies (2016)
J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings and funerals, gardens and playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and, with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home.
Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill (2019)
“Do you know what the secret to happily-ever-after is?” Janet Bouvier Auchincloss would ask her daughters Jackie and Lee during their tea time. “Money and Power,” she would say. It was a lesson neither would ever forget. They followed in their mother’s footsteps after her marriages to the philandering socialite “Black Jack” Bouvier and the fabulously rich Standard Oil heir Hugh D. Auchincloss. Jacqueline Bouvier would marry John F.
Mrs. Kennedy and Me (2012)
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called “clear and honest prose free from salaciousness and gossip,” Jackie Kennedy’s personal Secret Service agent details his very close relationship with the First Lady during the four years leading up to and following President John F. Kennedy’s tragic assassination.In those four years, Hill was by Mrs. Kennedy’s side for some of the happiest moments as well as the darkest.
Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys (2005)
A longtime investigative journalist uncovers one of the great untold stories of twentieth-century international intrigue, and the secrets it has held until now. Shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis and Bobby Kennedy, two of the world′s richest and most powerful men, disliked one another from the moment they first met.
The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee (2019)
A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else—Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill—from the authors of Furious Love.When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger sister Lee wept inconsolably.
Jackie Kennedy: The Biography (2019)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived both a charmed and tragic life. Best known for being First Lady of the United States during the presidency of John F.
Jackie’s Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family (2018)
An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy’s personal assistant and occasional nanny—and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady.In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just nineteen and newly arrived from Ireland when she was hired as the personal assistant to former first lady Jackie Kennedy.
The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline, and the New Generation – A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy (2020)
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Jackie & John F. Kennedy Jr. A Mother’s Love (2019)
For someone who could arguably be referred to as the most famous woman in the world, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was fiercely private. And who could blame her? Over the course of a lifetime, the former First Lady was a participant in and witness to moments that changed our country and world forever; it was no wonder there were things she’d rather keep to herself. One thing that was never a secret, however, was her love for her children. From the time Caroline and John Jr.
Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years (2002)
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency?
THE KENNEDYS: JFK and Jackie Kennedy – 2 Books in 1 (2018)
Featuring… *JFK*Jackie Kennedy2 Great Books in 1! John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th president of the United States in 1960. At that time, he was a member of one of the wealthiest families in America. He had an extremely elite education and was considered a military hero, though his act of heroism is still questioned by many. His running mate for the election was not his to choose and was not someone he cared to have as a vice-president. Lyndon B.
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot (2012)
Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively. But only this book provides a powerful and detailed look at the complex relationships shared between the three women who were not born Kennedy but who married into the family: Jackie Bouvier, Ethel Skakel, and Joan Bennett. For each of the Kennedy wives, the Camelot years provided an entirely different experience of life lessons.
Kennedy: A Captivating Guide to the Life of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (2017)
Gallup’s List of Widely Admired People of the Twentieth Century places President John F. Kennedy in the third slot, behind Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Teresa. Needless to say, President Kennedy’s name is one that will not soon be forgotten. Many people will simply recall him as the handsome president who reigned for a short while before his unfortunate death at the hands of an assassin in Dallas, Texas.
Best Jackie Kennedy Books: The Ultimate Collection
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True--The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
Author(s): Kostya Kennedy
ID: 3453125, Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group, Year: 2022, Size: 8 Mb, Format: epub
Jackie's Newport: America's first lady and the city by the sea
Author(s): Auchincloss family.;Kennedy family.;Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy;Sinibaldi, Raymond
ID: 2598647, Publisher: Globe Pequot, Year: 2019, Size: 4 Mb, Format: pdf
Touched by the Sun: My Friendship With Jackie
Author(s): Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy;Simon, Carly
ID: 2736497, Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Year: 2019, Size: 362 Kb, Format: epub
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