What the American public likes in its First Lady--a warm, domestic woman strong enough to support her husband in his demanding work but without the initiative to actually participate in it--doesn't offer much to the serious biographer. Jacqueline Kennedy, who brought youthful chic to the White House but didn't test any of the limits of her role, has inspired dozens of books in which the photographs often seem more important than the text. With Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years (Free Press; 406 pages; $25), Barbara Leaming seeks to correct the balance, arguing that Jackie played a key...
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