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Black Jack Bouvier: The Life and Times of Jackie O's Father
Black Jack Bouvier The Life and Times of Jackie O's Father Author:Kathleen Bouvier He was larger than life... Utterly charming with dashing good looks and a devil-may-care attitude, Black Jack Bouvier was more than just a man sought after by women and envied by men. He was a renowned Wall Street financier and the father of our most beloved First lady, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. — Read about his glory days at Yale and during th... more »e Roaring Twenties; his long-standing rivalry with younger brother, Bud; his high-society marriage to Jackie's mother, Janet Norton Lee; his relentless womanizing and desperate attempts to maintain the affections of his two cherished daughters after Janet divorced him in 1935; his first meeting with Jackie's future husband, Senator Jack Kennedy; his troubles with alcoholism that left him too drunk to walk Jackie down the aisle on her wedding day.
Kathleen Bouvier, a trusted family member, takes you inside the flamboyant life and tragic decline of this brash, exuberant figure. Through all his ups and downs, Black Jack was bolstered by his love for Jackie, "the most beautiful daughter a man ever had." Sadly, he didn't live to see her crowning moment of glory at the 1961 Presidential Inauguration, but he also was spared her moment of greatest despair in November, 1963.