Laurence Leamer
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 638 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
One of Bobby Kennedy's first acts after JFK's assassination was to write a letter to his eldest son, reminding him of the obligations of his name. Bobby sent the letter to eleven-year-old Joe, but the message was meant for all his sons and nephews.
Sons of Camelot is the compelling story of that message and how it shaped each Kennedy son and grandson in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's death. Based on five years of rigorous research and...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The inside story of how President Donald Trump became king of Palm Beach, and how Palm Beach, and the resort Mar-a-Lago, continue to be his spiritual home even as president.
"To know Donald J. Trump it is best to start in his natural habitat: Palm Beach, Florida. It is here he learned the techniques that took him all the way to the White House. Painstakingly, over decades, he has created a world in this exclusive tropical enclave where he is not...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history--the Ku Klux Klan. On a Friday night in March 1981 Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man. The young men were members of Klavern 900 of the United Klans...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"'There are certain women,' Truman Capote wrote, 'who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich.' Barbara 'Babe' Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy's sister) -- they were the toast of midcentury New York, each beautiful and distinguished in her own way. These women captivated and enchanted Capote -- and at times, they infuriated him as well. He befriended them,...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In March 1999, a Palm Beach matron and her socially ambitious husband invited the elite of the island for a dinner dance honoring Prince Edward. Among those dancing to the string orchestra that evening would be those accused of murder and spousal abuse, and others who would suffer fates both unseemly and unspeakable. Among the outer circle there would be murders, suicides, and fatal fires. There would be those who would rise from the dust of obscurity...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Offering an intimate journey into the lives of eight legendary actresses whose stories help chart the course of the enigmatic director's career, this mesmerizing account takes a modern look at both the enduring art created by a man obsessed--and the private toll that fixation took on the women in his orbit.
Alfred Hitchcock was fixated--not just on the dark, twisty stories that became his hallmark, but also by the blond actresses who starred in many...