Backwards, in High Heels: Faith Whittlesey, Reagan's Madam Ambassador in Switzerland and the West Wing

by Thomas J. Carty

"Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did," so the saying goes, "but she did it backwards and in high heels." Faith Whittlesey popularized this quotation during the 1980s, and many books attribute the line to her. The message clearly resonated with a generation of American men and women coming to age in the late 20th century, when all things seemed possible.

In this book Faith Whittlesey gives concrete meaning to the quotation through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612001599
• ISBN13: 9781612001593
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"