Alford, Mimi
Once upon a secret / Mimi Alford - London : Arrow Books , c2012. - 198 p. ; 20 cm.
Once upon a secret : my affair with President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country--and Mimi was eager to contribute. For a young woman from a privileged but sheltered upbringing, the job was the chance of a lifetime. Although she started as a lowly intern, Mimi made an impression on Kennedy's inner circle and, after just three days at the White House, she was presented to the President himself. Almost immediately, the two began an affair that would continue for the next eighteen months. During the 18 months that Mimi Alford was President John F Kennedy's lover, he never kissed her on the lips. For the naive All American girl, the JFK White House was a place for which she was not remotely prepared.
9780099547754
Kennedy, John F.--(John Fitzgerald),--Relations with women--1917-1963
Alford, Mimi
Presidents--United States--Biography
Mistresses--Biography--United States
Presidents--Paramours--United States
Presidents--Staff--Biography--United States
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963
Once upon a secret / Mimi Alford - London : Arrow Books , c2012. - 198 p. ; 20 cm.
Once upon a secret : my affair with President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country--and Mimi was eager to contribute. For a young woman from a privileged but sheltered upbringing, the job was the chance of a lifetime. Although she started as a lowly intern, Mimi made an impression on Kennedy's inner circle and, after just three days at the White House, she was presented to the President himself. Almost immediately, the two began an affair that would continue for the next eighteen months. During the 18 months that Mimi Alford was President John F Kennedy's lover, he never kissed her on the lips. For the naive All American girl, the JFK White House was a place for which she was not remotely prepared.
9780099547754
Kennedy, John F.--(John Fitzgerald),--Relations with women--1917-1963
Alford, Mimi
Presidents--United States--Biography
Mistresses--Biography--United States
Presidents--Paramours--United States
Presidents--Staff--Biography--United States
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963