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Authors: Christopher Andersen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Andersen, Christopher P.

These few precious days : the final year of Jack with Jackie / Christopher Andersen.—1st Gallery Books hardcover edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963. 2. Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929–1994. 3. Presidents—United States—Biography. 4. Presidents’ spouses—United States—Biography. I. Title.

E841.A538 2013

973.922092'2—dc23

[B] 2013013676

ISBN 978-1-4767-3232-9
ISBN 978-1-4767-3234-3 (ebook)

Table of Contents

Preface

CHAPTER 1

“Jack, Jack, Jack! Can You Hear Me?”

CHAPTER 2

“The President Says If You Don’t Hurry, He’ll Fall Asleep”

CHAPTER 3

“An Electrical Current Between Them”

CHAPTER 4

“I Hate It, Hate It, Hate It!”

CHAPTER 5

“Our Strange Little Life”

CHAPTER 6

“Keep Her Riding”

CHAPTER 7

“It Was a Real Look of Love”

CHAPTER 8

“But What About All the Children?”

CHAPTER 9

“You’re My Ideal, Jacqueline”

CHAPTER 10

“If I Ever Lost You . . .”

CHAPTER 11

“They Had Been Through So Much Together”

Photographs

Acknowledgments

About Christopher Andersen

Sources and Chapter Notes

Bibliography

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