Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis

by Alice Kaplan

Book Overview

A year in Paris . . . since World War II, countless American students have been lured by that vision--and been transformed by their sojourn in the City of Light. Dreaming in French tells three stories of that experience, and how it changed the lives of three extraordinary American women.

All three women would go on to become icons, key figures in American cultural, intellectual, and political life, but when they embarked for France,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226424383
• ISBN13: 9780226424385
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"