a memoir Walters, Barbara 1931- creator text biography nyu New York A.A. Knopf 2008 monographic eng

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viii, 612 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Lou, Dena, and my princess grandmother -- My childhood -- "Skinnymalinkydink" -- Sixty-three cents -- The pistachio green house -- New York, New York -- Miami at war -- "A very normal girl" -- Sarah Lawrence -- Television 101 -- Bad choices -- It gets worse -- Television 102 and a strange marriage proposal -- Passage to India -- A funeral and a wedding -- Thirteen weeks to thirteen years -- Becoming Barbara Walters -- Garland, Capote, Rose Kennedy, and Princess Grace -- Born in my heart -- Dean Rusk, Golda Meir, Henry Kissinger, and Prince Philip -- Sad times in Florida -- Winning Nixon, losing Sinatra -- Exit Hugh, enter McGee -- Marriage on the rocks -- Historic journey : China with Nixon -- A dead marriage and the Dead Sea -- Resignation in Washington. Victory in New York -- Fun and games in Washington -- Special men in my life -- Egypt, Israel, and ¡Hola, Castro! -- The million-dollar baby -- "Don't let the bastards get you down" -- Thank heaven! The Specials -- Finally, Fidel -- The historic interview : Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin -- Exit Harry, enter Hugh -- Heartbreak and a new beginning -- The hardest chapter to write -- 9/11 and nothing else matters -- Presidents and first ladies : forty years inside the White House -- Heads of state : the good, the bad, and the mad -- Adventures with the most mysterious men -- Murderers -- Uncommon criminals -- Over again, never again -- Celebrities who affected my life -- Monica -- The View -- Exit-- To be continued ... Barbara Walters. Includes index. n-us--- Walters, Barbara 1931- Television journalists United States Biography PN4874.W285 A3 2008 070.92 B 9780307266460 030726646X 2008005843 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008005843-t.html DLC 080207 20200206112452.0 15172001