Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family (36 page)

151.
“He was on his best behavior . . . went straight to the bar”:
Vidal,
Palimpsest
, pp. 18–19.

151.
“The only time I ever. . . . was a nightmare”:
Haslam, “The Real Lee Radziwill.”

151–52
.
“This is the most beautiful place . . . how unbelievably heavenly Jack is”:
JBK to Joe and Rose Kennedy, 1953, RFKP, Box 14.

152.
“at last I know the true meaning”:
Dallek,
Unfinished Life
, p. 194.

152.
As early as a couple of weeks into:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 135.

5. Jack’s Dark Side

153.
“I had designs on John . . . most eligible bachelor in New England”:
Coit, JFK Oral History, p. 1.

153.
“overwhelming impression was . . . small stubby fingered hands.”:
ibid., p. 2.

154.
“I gave a gulp”:
ibid., p. 3.

154.
“glamour-boy pictures . . . had gone home”:
ibid., pp. 3–4

154.
“a little open topless”:
ibid., p. 4.

154–55
.
“Where I made my mistake. . . ‘But I can’t wait . . . haven’t any time’ ”:
ibid., pp. 4–5.

155.
“He was so cold”:
ibid., p. 5.

155.
“he frightened me more”:
ibid.

155.
“I was afraid”:
ibid., p. 6.

155.
“I don’t think there are any men”:
Dallek,
Unfinished Life
, p. 194.

156.
“after the first year they were”:
Dallek,
Unfinished Life
, pp. 194–95.

6. The Senator’s Wife

157.
“I was taken immediately . . . have dinner at the Ritz”:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

157.
“It just seems it was suitcases”
: ibid.

157.
“It was terrifically nomadic”:
ibid.

157.
While Jack and Fay attended:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 76.

158.
“a nearly permanent houseguest”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 43.

158.
“Almost immediately, all the Kennedys”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 137.

158.
“I don’t think she ever felt . . . play touch football”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 91.

158.
Not only did she not fit into:
ibid.

158.
“So he loved the Irish . . . don’t feel any jealousy”:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

158.
“I was alone almost . . . no home life whatsoever”:
Dallek,
Unfinished Life
, p. 194.

159.
“prepared for the humiliation”:
ibid.

159.
“After their marriage his suits . . . an immaculate dresser”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, pp. 40–41.

159.
“[Jack] tended to talk on and on”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p.168.

159.
“He consulted an ear, nose”:
Dallek,
Unfinished Life
, p. 195.

160.
“had become almost unbearable . . . descend stairs sideways”:
ibid., p. 196.

160.
“Jack was determined to have . . . paralyzed by pain”:
ibid.

160.
“Jackie was magnificent with him . . . distract him from the pain”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 171.

161.
“huge, open, oozing . . . had to have backbone”:
ibid., p. 173.

161.
“the winter of [Jack’s] back”:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

161.
“Jack did more on the book . . . of any one person ”:
Dallek,
Unfinished Life
, p. 199.

161.
“whose help during all the days”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, pp. 44–45.

161.
“I thought it would be a place”:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

162.
She also broke her ankle:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 46.

162.
Speaking engagements had Jack:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

162.
During this time and through the end of 1959:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 180.

162.
“hiked up her dress and broke”:
Maxine Cheshire, quoted in ibid., p. 186.

162.
As far as Jackie knew,
Jack was relaxing with his dad:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

162.
Jack was enjoying himself enough”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 190.

163.
Only after Smathers warned him:
ibid., pp. 190–91.

163.
“Everything is getting better . . . make you a grandmother yet”:
Letter from JBK to Rose, undated, Box 12, RFKP.

163.
“I didn’t want to live there”:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

163.
Built in 1812, the three-story:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 48.

163.
“I remember that when she got . . . red chintz one week”:
Janet Auchincloss, JFK Oral History #1, p. 11.

164.
“They had an entirely average marriage”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 203.

164.
“We were having dinner”:
Janet Auchincloss, JFK Oral History #1, p. 11.

164.
Buried next to his mother:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 113.

7. The Campaigner

166.
“as robust as a sumo”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 200.

166.
“I will always remember the sweet expression
”: Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 49.

166.
“was more emotional about Caroline’s”:
ibid.

166.
“There was cook Pearl”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 121.

167.
“I don’t like to buy”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 201.

167.
“
When Jackie opened her mouth”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 50.

167.
“simply invaluable”
: ibid.

167.
Jack handily won:
ibid.

168.
“Bonjour, mes amis”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 123.

168.
“You could just hear the screaming . . . embarrassment on my part”:
ibid.

169.
“candidates’ spouses in the 1960 election”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 57.

169.
“
answer any questions they may have”:
ibid., p. 61.

169.
“there were over three million”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women,
p. 503.

169.
“underneath a veil of lovely”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 51.

169.
“judgment of people . . . she didn’t conceal it”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, pp. 129–30.

170.
“About the fifth day out”:
Kennedy,
Historic Conversations
, First Conversation.

170.
“All the talk over what”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 60.

170.
“the longest night”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women
, p. 509.

170.
Though the Secret Service quietly:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 244.

170.
“303 electoral votes to Nixon’s 219”:
Dallek,
Unfinished Life
, p. 294.

170.
Almost a month premature:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, pp.141–42.

171.
“
behind a door somewhere, out of sight”:
ibid., p.142.

171.
“two-hour crying jag”: ibid., p.143.

171.
“The month after the baby’s birth . . . couldn’t hold any food down”:
JBK to Rose, Box 14, RFKP. This letter was written to Rose in 1973, to help Rose as she assembled her memoirs.

171.
“I said Mrs. Truman . . . my babies and their father”:
ibid.

171.
“I felt the President’s house”:
ibid.

172.
“From her bed [Jackie] is trying . . . the Library of Congress”:
“1961: January 4-5, Jackie, Avedon, Hairdressers.” Box 4, RFKP.

172.
Unfortunately, JFK was allergic:
“Times to Remember background materials,” Box 12, RFKP.

172.
“The common misconception . . . influence on fashion”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 255.

172.
The designer Halston:
ibid.

173.
“You will be there . . . given with maximum politeness”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 148.

173.
“I won’t give any interviews”:
ibid.

173.
Tish was prone to gaffes:
ibid., p. 144.

174.
“I did not wish to hurt her . . . church or someplace later”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women,
p. 515.

174.
The Secret Service, having:
Hill,
Mrs. Kennedy and Me
, p. 36.

174.
“[It] was not a happy time in my:
JBK to Rose, June 1973, RFKP Box 14.

174.
An exhausted Jackie had:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, pp. 256–57.

174.
Pat Nixon, who sat next:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 165.

175.
“the Kennedys, Fitzgeralds, and Bouviers”:
Leamer,
Kennedy Women,
p. 521.

175.
“Jesus Christ”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 166.

175.
“I missed all the gala things . . . one rises to it”:
ibid.

8. The Queen of the Restoration

176.
“My first impression of Mrs. Kennedy . . . learned it rapidly and gracefully”:
Avery, JFK Oral History, p. 4.

176.
“a gaunt, unloved mansion”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 169.

176.
“the peculiar combination of vomit”:
Alsop,
“I’ve Seen the Best of It,”
pp. 434–35.

176.
The two preferred to eat together:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, pp. 170–71.

176.
“there was not a kitchen”:
West, JFK Oral History, p. 3.

177.
“Because the process of gutting”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 101.

177.
“It was filled with”:
West, JFK Oral History, p. 3.

177.
The Eisenhowers hadn’t felt the need:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 262.

177.
“for the first time we were faced”:
Avery, JFK Oral History, pp. 2–3.

177.
“Mrs. Kennedy came in frequently . . . you’d get the phone call”:
ibid., p. 4.

178.
“Jackie’s wish, murmured with a”:
Heymann,
A Woman Named Jackie
, p. 264.

178.
Between the paces she put:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 174.

178.
“When I learned I would be living . . . nothing in it earlier than 1948”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 95.

178.
“We’ve got a lot of work ahead . . . this into a grand house”:
Smith,
Grace and Power
,
pp. 89–90.

178.
“I know we’re out of money . . . antiques into this house”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 174.

178.
“I would write 50 letters to 50 musuem”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 102.

178.
“I knew funds would be needed . . . if not impossible”:
ibid., p. 104.

178.
“It would be a sacrilege merely”:
ibid., p. 102.

179.
“authentic furniture of the date”:
Bradford,
America’s Queen
, p. 175.

179.
The 175-room mansion:
Smith,
Grace and Power
,
p. 94.

179.
“extensive curatorial and/or collecting experience”:
Perry,
Jacqueline Kennedy
, p. 105.

179.
“To furnish the White House”:
ibid., p. 109.

180.
“Without question,” Barbara Perry wrote:
ibid., p. 103.

180.
“her classic country . . . her work was primarily”:
ibid., pp. 109–111.