Personal History

Author: Katharine Graham

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  • : $27.00 AUD
  • : 9781842126202
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Phoenix
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  • : 0.532
  • : November 2002
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 50mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 26.99
  • : March 2018
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  • : Katharine Graham
  • : Women in History Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : 3
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  • : English
  • : 070.9/2
  • : 720
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  • : 32 B/W Photo\Illu(s)
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Barcode 9781842126202
9781842126202

Description

As seen in the new movie The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep, here is the captivating, inside story of the woman who piloted the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media.


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, candour 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.

Promotion info

'This is a stunning book by a stunning woman' Raymond Seitz, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Spent several months at the number one position on the New York Times bestseller list Included in the Women in History promotion 'An autobiographical masterpiece, adroitly combining the public and personal spheres. Frank, sensitive and bubbling with humour, it is a fascinating account by an impressive person' THE ECONOMIST 'A well-written, fascinating, moving and, in its social and historical context, important book' Sarah Bradford, Daily Telegraph

Author description

Katharine Graham was the legendary publisher of The Washington Post. She died in July 2001.