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Book Capturing Camelot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kitty Kelley
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2012-11-13
  • ISBN : 1250018838
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book Capturing Camelot written by Kitty Kelley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling author goes behind the lens of a legendary photographer to capture a magical time A consummate photojournalist, Stanley Tretick was sent by United Press International to follow the Kennedy campaign of 1960. The photographer soon befriended the candidate and took many of JFK's best pictures during this time. When Kennedy took office, Tretick was given extensive access to the White House, and the picture magazine Look hired him to cover the president and his family. Tretick is best known today for the photographs he took of President Kennedy relaxing with his children. His photographs helped define the American family of the early sixties and lent Kennedy an endearing credibility that greatly contributed to his popularity. Accompanied by an insightful, heartwarming essay from Kitty Kelley—Tretick's close friend—about the relationship between the photographer and JFK, Capturing Camelot includes some of the most memorable images of America's Camelot and brings to life the uniquely hopeful historical era from which it emerged.

Book Portrait of Camelot

Download or read book Portrait of Camelot written by Richard Reeves and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing and intimate portrait of a president, husband, and father as seen through the lens of the first official White House photographer. Cecil Stoughton’s close rapport with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave him extraordinary access to the Oval Office, the Kennedys’ private quarters and homes, state dinners, cabinet meetings, diplomatic trips, and family holidays. Drawing on Stoughton’s unparalleled body of photographs, most rarely or never before reproduced, and supported by a deeply thoughtful narrative by political historian Richard Reeves, Portrait of Camelot is an unprecedented portrayal of the power, politics, and warmly personal aspects of Camelot’s 1,036 days. “Reveals an intimate account of a very public figure...the rare archive of images features the president during state dinners and cabinet meetings at the White House to family holidays and vacations at their private homes.” —Vanity Fair

Book Camelot at Dawn

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anne Garside
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780801882074
  • Pages : 122 pages

Download or read book Camelot at Dawn written by Anne Garside and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1954, photographer Orlando Suero spent five days with John and Jacqueline Kennedy in their three-storey townhouse in Georgetown. In more than 20 photo sessions, he documented a typical week in the couple's life.

Book Camelot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jane Yolen
  • Publisher : Philomel
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9780399225406
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Camelot written by Jane Yolen and published by Philomel. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of ten short stories and one song exploring the comic, tragic, and magical adventures of King Arthur, Merlin, and the other inhabitants of Camelot.

Book Camelot s End

Download or read book Camelot s End written by Jon Ward and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time. The Carter presidency was on life support. The Democrats, desperate to keep power and yearning to resurrect former glory, turned to Kennedy. And so, 1980 became a civil war. It was the last time an American president received a serious reelection challenge from inside his own party, the last contested convention, and the last all-out floor fight, where political combatants fought in real time to decide who would be the nominee. It was the last gasp of an outdated system, an insider's game that old Kennedy hands thought they had mastered, and the year that marked the unraveling of the Democratic Party as America had known it. Camelot's End details the incredible drama of Kennedy's challenge -- what led to it, how it unfolded, and its lasting effects -- with cinematic sweep. It is a story about what happened to the Democratic Party when the country's long string of successes, luck, and global dominance following World War II ran its course, and how, on a quest to recapture the magic of JFK, Democrats plunged themselves into an intra-party civil war. And, at its heart, Camelot's End is the tale of two extraordinary and deeply flawed men: Teddy Kennedy, one of the nation's greatest lawmakers, a man of flaws and of great character; and Jimmy Carter, a politically tenacious but frequently underestimated trailblazer. Comprehensive and nuanced, featuring new interviews with major party leaders and behind-the-scenes revelations from the time, Camelot's End presents both Kennedy and Carter in a new light, and takes readers deep inside a dark chapter in American political history.

Book Designing Camelot

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Archer Abbott
  • Publisher : International Thomson Publishing Services
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Designing Camelot written by James Archer Abbott and published by International Thomson Publishing Services. This book was released on 1998 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exquisite book documents the extensive restoration of the White House under the Kennedy administration. It examines the physical transformation of America's premier residence from "home of the President" to house-museum". Kennedy enthusiasts, architects, interior designers, collectors, history buffs, preservationists, and White House watchers alike will covet this book. Full color throughout.

Book Almost Sisters

Download or read book Almost Sisters written by Kathryn Makris and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you get when you match a serious, hard-working interesting banker mom with a laid-back, rock musician dad? The perfect match--if Vanessa and Ricki have anything to say about it. They can pull off their secret plan, the two best friends can be sisters! With some cool and careful planning, the girls get Ricki's mom and Vanessa's dad to take them out for a day at the beach--and the beginning, they hope, of their new family. Unfortunately, instead of talking romance, the two argue political issues, and they all ride home in silence. It looks like the great Sisters Scheme is doomed to failure--but the biggest surprise is yet to come ...

Book The Camelot Kids

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ben Zackheim
  • Publisher : Ben Zackheim
  • Release : 2024-04-18
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 409 pages

Download or read book The Camelot Kids written by Ben Zackheim and published by Ben Zackheim. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Sharp is about to stumble into a life of magical trickery and deadly secrets. His Tuesday starts like any other... stuck in an orphanage he can't escape. But by dinnertime he'll be kidnapped by a drunk troll, saved by a wizard, and dropped into New Camelot, a city hidden for centuries in the mountains of Scotland. Get swept away on an adventure in a world both familiar and fantastic!

Book PEOPLE Jack and Jackie

Download or read book PEOPLE Jack and Jackie written by The Editors of PEOPLE and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark the centennial of John F. Kennedy's birth, the editors of People celebrate his life, his family and his presidency. Filled with intimate historic photographs, this collector's edition captures the glamour of the age and the cultural shift he and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy brought to the White House and the nation-from Kennedy's upbringing and launch into politics, to their courtship, wedding and young family; through the crises of the early 1960s at home and abroad to the tragic and sudden end to the era that came to be known as Camelot.

Book The Curse of Camelot

    Book Details:
  • Author : R M S
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2020-10
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book The Curse of Camelot written by R M S and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories are true, and what more - They are ready to be heard. The Wheel of time continues its spin, but some don't ever see the end of the clock. One girl escaped the Legends, but now they have finally found her.

Book Visions of Camelot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeff A. Menges
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2013-01-17
  • ISBN : 0486141381
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Visions of Camelot written by Jeff A. Menges and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 148 color and black-and-white illustrations presents unique interpretations of the enduringly popular Arthurian legends by a variety of artists, including Wyeth, Beardsley, Flint, and Pyle.

Book And They Called It Camelot

Download or read book And They Called It Camelot written by Stephanie Marie Thornton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate portrait of the life of Jackie O… Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fate. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy knows no other choice. With the eyes of the world watching, Jackie uses her effortless charm and keen intelligence to carve a place for herself among the men of history and weave a fairy tale for the American people, embodying a senator’s wife, a devoted mother, a First Lady—a queen in her own right. But all reigns must come to an end. Once JFK travels to Dallas and the clock ticks down those thousand days of magic in Camelot, Jackie is forced to pick up the ruined fragments of her life and forge herself into a new identity that is all her own, that of an American legend.

Book Creating Camelot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2013-09-05
  • ISBN : 9781492343639
  • Pages : 58 pages

Download or read book Creating Camelot written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures of the Kennedys and important people, places, and events in their lives. *Includes an introduction. "Don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot" In many ways, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his young family were the perfect embodiment of the '60s. The decade began with a sense of idealism, personified by the attractive Kennedy, his beautiful and fashionable wife Jackie, and his young children. Months into his presidency, Kennedy exhorted the country to reach for the stars, calling upon the nation to send a man to the Moon and back by the end of the decade. In 1961, Kennedy made it seem like anything was possible, and Americans were eager to believe him. The Kennedy years were fondly and famously labeled "Camelot" by Jackie herself, suggesting an almost mythical quality about the young President and his family. Much of the glamor and vigor of Camelot, if not the majority of it, was supplied by First Lady Jackie Kennedy, whose elegance and grace made her the most popular woman in the world. Her popularity threatened to eclipse even her husband's, who famously quipped on one presidential trip to France that he was "the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris." Lady Jeanne Campbell put it best, writing for The London Evening Standard, "Jacqueline Kennedy has given the American people...one thing they have always lacked: Majesty." Americans were fascinated by the young First Lady's style, and the manner in which she glamorously positioned both the First Family and the White House in those years, and Jackie remains one of the country's most popular First Ladies. But it was in the face of adversity that she truly made her lasting mark, with the country taking its cue from her in the aftermath of the president's assassination. Having devised and lit the eternal flame at JFK's tombstone, Jackie also set about securing her husband's legacy, a time still fondly and mythically remembered as Camelot today, despite his legendary transgressions and infidelities. As it turned out, the '60s closely reflected the glossy, idealistic portrayal of John F. Kennedy, as well as the uglier truths. The country would achieve Kennedy's goal of a manned moon mission, and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally guaranteed minorities their civil rights and restored equality, ensuring that the country "would live out the true meaning of its creed." But the idealism and optimism of the decade was quickly shattered, starting with Kennedy's assassination in 1963. The '60s were permanently marred by the Vietnam War, and by the time Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were assassinated in 1968, the country was irreversibly jaded. The events of the decade produced protests and countercultures unlike anything the country had seen before, as young people came of age more quickly than ever. Creating Camelot chronicles the amazing lives and legacies of John and Jackie, weaving their lives and legacies together into one narrative. Along with pictures of the Kennedy family and important people, places, and events in their lives, you will learn about the John and Jackie like you never have before, in no time at all.

Book King Arthur   the Legends of Camelot

Download or read book King Arthur the Legends of Camelot written by Molly Perham and published by Viking Juvenile. This book was released on 1993 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have been told and retold for more than 800 years. Now, new generations of readers will be drawn into the excitement of the Camelot tournaments and the mystical quest for the Holy Grail. 58 full-color paintings. 30 pen and ink illus.

Book Kennedy  a Time Remembered

Download or read book Kennedy a Time Remembered written by Jacques Lowe and published by Quartet Books (UK). This book was released on 1983 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs show public and private moments in the lives of the Kennedy family and trace John F. Kennedy's political career from Congressman to President.

Book John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Download or read book John Fitzgerald Kennedy written by Yann-Brice Dherbier and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration in photographs of the life of John F Kennedy.

Book The Kennedys

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Avedon
  • Publisher : Harper Design
  • Release : 2007-10-23
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book The Kennedys written by Richard Avedon and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate look at the young Kennedy family through photographs taken by the world renowned photographer in the weeks leading up to JFK's 1961 inauguration offers insight into the expectations placed on the family and their interpersonal relationships.