Gallagher, Mary Barelli, and Leighton, Frances Spatz (Editor)
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1969. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. x, 396, [2] pages. Illustrations. Some page and fore-edge soiling. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. The Author, Mary Gallagher, is uniquely situated to understand the real woman beneath the goddess figure that the world made of Jacqueline Kennedy, having been her personal secretary for eight years. She was privy to Mrs. Kennedy in her white house years as well as the years of her marriage before he took office. She was with her on that black day in Dallas. This is an intimate look at the real woman behind the legend. It is not a tell-all that betrays, but a peek at a woman who was the Queen of Camelot. Frances Spatz Ornstein Leighton (September 4, 1919 – April 6, 2007) was an American author best known for her ghostwriting of accounts of Washington, D.C., life. Leighton wrote or ghostwrote over 30 books, including My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House (1961) and My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy (1969). She was born in Ohio and attended Ohio State University. Leighton soon moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a journalist for several publications, including The American Weekly. She ghostwrote her first memoir in 1957, of a chef for the President of the United States. After publishing several successful books, she became a very popular ghostwriter. More