{"product_id":"personal-history-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Personal History: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatharine Graham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e- PULTIZER PRIZE WINNER \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this widely acclaimed memoir (\"Riveting, moving...a wonderful book\" \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review), \u003c\/i\u003eKatharine Graham tells her story--one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As timely now as ever, \u003ci\u003ePersonal History\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography \u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Personal History is, as its title suggests, a book composed of both personal memoir and history. \u003cbr\u003eIt is the story of Graham's parents: the multimillionaire father who left private business and government service to buy and restore the down-and-out Washington Post, and the formidable, self-absorbed mother who was more interested in her political and charity work, and her passionate friendships with men like Thomas Mann and Adlai Stevenson, than in her children. \u003cbr\u003eIt is the story of how The Washington Post struggled to succeed -- a fascinating and instructive business history as told from the inside (the paper has been run by Graham herself, her father, her husband, and now her son). \u003cbr\u003eIt is the story of Phil Graham -- Kay's brilliant, charismatic husband (he clerked for two Supreme Court justices) -- whose plunge into manic-depression, betrayal, and eventual suicide is movingly and charitably recounted. \u003cbr\u003eBest of all, it is the story of Kay Graham herself. She was brought up in a family of great wealth, yet she learned and understood nothing about money. She is half-Jewish, yet -- incredibly -- remained unaware of it for many years.She describes herself as having been naive and awkward, yet intelligent and energetic. She married a man she worshipped, and he fascinated and educated her, and then, in his illness, turned from her and abused her. This destruction of her confidence and happiness is a drama in itself, followed by the even more intense drama of her new life as the head of a great newspaper and a great company, afamous (and even feared) woman in her own right. Hers is a life that came into its own with a vengeance -- a success story on every level. \u003cbr\u003eGraham's book is populated with a cast of fascinating characters, from fifty years of presidents (and their wives), to Steichen, Brancusi, Felix Frankfurter, Warren Buffett (her great advisor and protector), Robert McNamara, George Schultz (her regular tennis partner), and, of course, the great names from the Post: Woodward, Bernstein, and Graham's editorpartner, Ben Bradlee. She writes of them, and of the most dramatic moments of her stewardship of the Post (including the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and the pressmen's strike), with acuity, humor, and good judgment. Her book is about learning by doing, about growing and growing up, about Washington, and about a woman liberated by both circumstance and her own great strengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatharine Graham is fondly remembered as the powerful, longtime publisher of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.41 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755627348256,"sku":"9780375701047","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cec4d51a84779a31e640bfc36462bc6b.webp?v=1780064012","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/personal-history-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}