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And they called it Camelot : a novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis / by Thornton, Stephanie,1980-author.;
"An unforgettable portrait of the iconic life of Jackie O as she transforms herself into an American legend from acclaimed author Stephanie Marie Thornton. Millions fell silent, stricken by grief and disillusionment, as news of President Kennedy's assassination streaked across the globe. Where were you when it happened, they asked? But for one woman the answer has always been the same--for every step, every victory, and every defeat--she was right beside him. Born into luxury and beauty, spontaneous young Jacqueline Bouvier aspires to be more than the Debutante of the Year, even if she isn't quite sure what that means. A whirlwind courtship and fairytale wedding to handsome war-hero John F. Kennedy propel her into a startling new world of power and politics. Filled with incredible highs and unimaginable challenges, Jackie learns to hone her survival skills. Her grace and grit help catapult JFK from the Senate to the Oval Office in one of the closest races in U.S. history. Jackie awes the country with her elegance and poise even as she is plagued by self-doubt over whether she can be the wife, mother, and First Lady that her husband and the country need. Then Jackie accompanies JFK to Dallas and their thousand days of magic come to an abrupt and devastating end--forcing Jackie to pick up the ruined fragments of her life and forge a triumphant new identity"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Presidents' spouses;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Jackie : a novel / by Tripp, Dawn Clifton,author.;
""Three times that day someone pushed roses into her arms - yellow roses each time, until they reached Dallas. There, the roses were red." (November 22, 1963) And so begins Jackie, a spellbinding, deeply researched novel which goes back in time to imagine Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is telling us the first-person story of her life. At the center of this book is the love story of Jackie and Jack, beginning when Jackie is 21 and meets the charismatic Congressman at a dinner party in Georgetown. She thinks he is not her kind of adventure: "Too American. Too good-looking. Too boy." She dreams of living in France, as she did as a student. And yet: there is the intelligence, the energy, the chemistry between them. On a tip from a friend, she doesn't return his calls; Jack wins the Senate, they become engaged; Jackie quits her job at a Washington newspaper when they marry. The early years of marriage are lonely and difficult: she misses working, is confused by his pattern of creating distance after intimacy, is devastated when she sees Jack leave a party with another woman, and realizes everyone else noticed too. The old trauma resurfaces: her father's many affairs. When she loses a baby while Jack is on a yacht in France, she wakes up in the hospital to find it is Jack's brother Bobby who is sitting there, solidifying a friendship that lasts until one night Jackie picks up the phone, and faces the violent end of Robert Kennedy's life. As First Lady, Jackie's vision for bringing art, literature, elegance to the White House become inspiring to read about, as she digs around in the White House basement, unearthing forgotten portraits and furniture, and as she meets with heads of state: the famous visit to Paris with deGaulle; arranging for the Mona Lisa to be on view in the National Gallery; Cuba and the Bay of Pigs; the space program. Dallas, Onassis, being a book editor. The everlasting mourning: "if only". Always, at the center of Jackie's thoughts are Jack and their children, Caroline and John, and the love story of how, over time, love deepens between two independent people who grow closer, more interdependent, more aware of the simple moments that constitute true happiness"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994; Presidents' spouses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Copperhead Road : a novel / by Smith, B. J.(Brad J.),author.;
"Summer 1936, Wilkes County, North Carolina during the great depression. The Flagg family resides in the middle of the Appalachia--one of the hardest hit areas in the country. As the depression drags on the Flagg family watch their molasses business decimated. Jedediah, the family patriarch and his sons Morgan and Ezra struggle to produce a few meager gallons a week. That is until their sister Ava arrives home and takes control of the family business and starts running moonshine. Ava bails out ex-con Bobby Barlow and tells him he is working for the Flagg family now. With threats mounting from rival clans and the local cops breathing down Bobby's neck, he and Ava devise a plan to play them all, one against the other. They don't necessarily do it by legal means but that doesn't bother them. To live outside the law, you must be honest."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Depressions; Distilling, Illicit; Ex-convicts; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Killing King : racial terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the plot to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. / by Wexler, Stuart,author.; Hancock, Larry J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.; Conspiracies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Warrior / by Matzen, Robert,1957-author.; Dotti, Luca,1970-writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Warrior' completes the story arc of Robert Matzen's 'Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II'. Hepburn's experiences in wartime, including the murder of family members, her survival through combat and starvation conditions, and work on behalf of the Dutch Resistance, gave her the determination to become a humanitarian for UNICEF and the fearlessness to charge into war-torn countries in the Third World on behalf of children and their mothers in desperate need.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993.; UNICEF.; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Great Depression [videorecording (DVD)] / by Constantine, Craig.; Cuomo, Mario Matthew.; A & E Home Video (Firm); History Channel (Television network); Towers Productions, Inc.;
The great shake-up -- Face the music -- Striking back -- Desperate measures.Original music, Steven Samler.Host/narrator, Mario Cuomo.This 4-part series will give consumers an in-depth look at the desperate yet fascinating era, and how America finally put an end to it.E.DVD; Dolby digital stereo ; full screen presentation.
Subjects: Depressions; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2009., A&E Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Whitey Bulger : America's most wanted gangster and the manhunt that brought him to justice / by Cullen, Kevin.; Murphy, Shelley.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Bulger, Whitey, 1929-; Fugitives from justice; Gangsters; Organized crime;
© c2013., W.W. Norton & Company,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times / by Whyte, Kenneth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.; Presidents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Touched by the sun : my friendship with Jackie / by Simon, Carly,author.;
A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship between Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. An intimate, vulnerable, and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different American women, this work is a celebration of kinship in all its many forms.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Simon, Carly; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.; Singers; Presidents' spouses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Touched by the sun [sound recording] : my friendship with Jackie / by Simon, Carly,author.; McGovern, Elizabeth,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Elizabeth McGovern.A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship between Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. An intimate, vulnerable, and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different American women, this work is a celebration of kinship in all its many forms.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Simon, Carly; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.; Singers; Presidents' spouses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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