Portrait of Camelot - A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House

Richard Reeves, Harvey Sawler

Casa editrice: ABRAMS

Sinossi

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

Disponibile da: 09/12/2013.

Lunghezza di stampa: 359 pagine.

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