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- Verlag: Random House Audio Voices; Auflage: Abridged (4. Mai 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0739312529
- ISBN-13: 978-0739312520
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14,4 x 12,9 x 2,5 cm
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In lieu of an unrevealing Famous-People-I-Have-Known autobiography, the owner of the Washington Post has chosen to be remarkably candid about the insecurities prompted by remote parents and a difficult marriage to the charismatic, manic-depressive Phil Graham, who ran the newspaper her father acquired. Katharine's account of her years as subservient daughter and wife is so painful that by the time she finally asserts herself at the Post following Phil's suicide in 1963 (more than halfway through the book), readers will want to cheer. After that, Watergate is practically an anticlimax.
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Katharine (with an a) Graham has led a very full life, and her personal history will be, most likely, very well received by the public, for through it, she manages to answer questions of enduring interest: How do the excessively rich live? How do the rich get rich? How do they stay that way? How does a young, rich woman become more than a woman with lots of time on her hands? She indirectly answers those questions by shaping her family's history with a view toward its stewardship of the Washington Post. Graham, born to multimillionaire Eugene Meyer, a Jew, and Agnes Ernst, an arrogant German, lived such a sheltered life that in college she had to be told how to wash a sweater. Like most men of her time, she did not know how to maintain her material possessions but was well schooled in mind and body (a professional tennis player lived with the family for a while). Beyond her upbringing, Graham manages a controlled but seemingly full discussion of the many sensational aspects of her life: the suicide of her husband, Phil Graham; her rise to publisher of The Post; the Pentagon Papers; Watergate; and the dreadful pressmen's strike, a dispute in which Graham prevailed. In this well-researched memoir, with a cast of fascinating people doing their cameo turns, including several presidents, the photographer Edward Steichen, Thomas Mann, Felix Frankfurter, Warren Buffet, and Ben Bradlee, Graham keeps the sets moving and makes everyone work for her. It is a well-examined life. Bonnie Smothers
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Katharine Graham has written a wonderful book. Personal History is a gripping work and presented several levels of interest for me.
I salute her writing style. Even though the outcome of most of the major happenings are well known to everyone, her manner of presentation keeps the reader's attention as though we can hardly wait to see what is on the next page. History readers have to be pleased with the rich manner in which she presents so many key issues of our time.
Her love for family tugged at my heartstrings. Don't we all have tremendous ups and downs with those we love? Some of the more wrenching aspects we will never fully understand, perhaps until we meet a Higher Power. (And I hope not too soon, for any of us!). And she is far too modest about her newspaper. Long before my professional life brought me to this area in 1969, I had heard and read several references that the Washington Post is regarded as one of the top three newspapers in the United States.
On a personal note, I admire Ms. Graham as I do Ms. Anna Pettys, a newspaper and business icon in Colorado during the time frame 1940 through 1970. As a working teenager, I was fortunate to be employed on the same street as Ms. Pettys and her many businesses, in Sterling, CO. And as Personal History does for Katharine Graham, a chapter in Great Dames of the Plains presented Anna Pettys as a pioneer, full of courage and strength.
In closing, now when I look at the Post's masthead, I can visualize the people who have the responsibility for bringing it to us. And being able to feel as if I have met many of them. Thank you, Ms. Graham. She is a distinguished person of great strength, and best of all, a good human!
I salute her writing style. Even though the outcome of most of the major happenings are well known to everyone, her manner of presentation keeps the reader's attention as though we can hardly wait to see what is on the next page. History readers have to be pleased with the rich manner in which she presents so many key issues of our time.
Her love for family tugged at my heartstrings. Don't we all have tremendous ups and downs with those we love? Some of the more wrenching aspects we will never fully understand, perhaps until we meet a Higher Power. (And I hope not too soon, for any of us!). And she is far too modest about her newspaper. Long before my professional life brought me to this area in 1969, I had heard and read several references that the Washington Post is regarded as one of the top three newspapers in the United States.
On a personal note, I admire Ms. Graham as I do Ms. Anna Pettys, a newspaper and business icon in Colorado during the time frame 1940 through 1970. As a working teenager, I was fortunate to be employed on the same street as Ms. Pettys and her many businesses, in Sterling, CO. And as Personal History does for Katharine Graham, a chapter in Great Dames of the Plains presented Anna Pettys as a pioneer, full of courage and strength.
In closing, now when I look at the Post's masthead, I can visualize the people who have the responsibility for bringing it to us. And being able to feel as if I have met many of them. Thank you, Ms. Graham. She is a distinguished person of great strength, and best of all, a good human!
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Well, it's nice to find the rich suffer too. Not that I wish any ill-will on Katherine Graham, but her struggles with the mental illness of her husband, unruly uion workers, and paranoid presidents feel a lot like a normal life, but magnified. She sees a picket sign "Phil shot the wrong Graham," a reference to her husband's suicide, and breaks down in tears. In the middle of a huge strike! Anyway I found this read extremely enjoyable, wise, charitable, honest and gracious. It's engaging from beginning to end, including the strike.
Format:Hörkassette
On a long trip made with my sister and mother, we listened to the book on tape and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. It is warm and detailed with true historical information. What else is really nice is that the book is read to you by Mrs. Graham herself.
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Excellent
One of the most moving and impressive books I have read in recent years. Utterly readable.
Veröffentlicht am 4. Februar 2000 von ChristineWyatt1@aol.com
Epic In Scope
What can I say? I loved this bio! Particularly the end when we see Graham at the center of the political storms (surrounding the Pentagon Papers and the Watergate break-in) of the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Januar 2000 von Leon M. Bodevin
interesting background, but poor writing
The author had an interesting life and had the chances to meet interesting people and experienced important events, therefore, the book is worth reading. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. September 1999 veröffentlicht
If you love biographies, buy this book
I knew of Katherine Graham and felt that her story would be an interesting read. Then I heard her interviewed by Imus, and I rushed to buy the hardcover. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Long before Albright and Oprah there was....Katherine Graham
I didnt know or had ever heard of Mrs Graham prior to picking up this book by chance in the university bookshop. A brave and modest person if ever there was one. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. September 1999 von "masonx"
I hope I have a story like this I can tell at age 80
I read this book's first chapter on the internet, and knew I had to buy it. I was captivated by the analysis and detail in the early chapters, specifically targeted at her... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
This won the Pulitzer?
Don't get me wrong, it's a good book and a good read, and Graham has an interesting take on some of the most important events & trends of 20th century history. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. April 1999 von Chris Serb
Wow, what a woman!
You will want to clap out loud and shout "you go girl!" after you read this amazing autobiography by this amazing woman. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
Stunning portrayal of the life of Katherine Graham
It took a few chapters for me to get into this book, but once I did I couldn't put it down. I was especially intrigued with the historical context in which the Washington Post came... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
Lengthy, but the best autobiography I have read.
Personal History was a two-month reading choice (December-January) for our local book club. All of that time was needed, but (most of) our group was never tempted to abandon the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Februar 1999 von wrdsmth10@aol.com
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