Jacqueline Bouvier: An Intimate Memoir
John H. Davis. John Wiley & Sons, $6.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-471-19356-2
Jackie's cousin shares childhood memories. (July)
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Reviewed on: 06/30/1997
Genre: Nonfiction
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