01480cam a2200241 4500 85487501 TxAuBib 20110921120000.0 110216s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781401324254 1401324258 TxAuBib Jacqueline Kennedy : historic conversations on life with John F. Kennedy : interviews with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., 1964 / foreword by Caroline Kennedy ; introduction and annotations by Michael Beschloss. Historic conversations on life with John F. Kennedy. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, 2011. xxxii, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy began the task of documenting and preserving her husband's legacy. In January of 1964, she and Robert F. Kennedy approved a planned oral-history project that would capture their first-hand accounts of the late President as well as the recollections of those closest to him throughout his political career. Beginning in March 1964, she sat down with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and recorded a detailed account of her experiences and impressions as the wife and confidante of John F. Kennedy. 20110921. Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, 1917- Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-