Personal History
by Katharine Graham
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“27/ Personal History. Graham portrays the realities of leading through turmoil and transition, while demonstrating the toughness required to maintain uncompromising quality. Also, a great window into the complexities of a media business. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost | The best autobiography I’ve ever read.”
Source →“27/ Personal History. Graham portrays the realities of leading through turmoil and transition, while demonstrating the toughness required to maintain uncompromising quality. Also, a great window into the complexities of a media business. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost | The best autobiography I’ve ever read.”
Source →“27/ Personal History. Graham portrays the realities of leading through turmoil and transition, while demonstrating the toughness required to maintain uncompromising quality. Also, a great window into the complexities of a media business. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost | The best autobiography I’ve ever read.”
Source →Recommended by 5 notable people, including Warren Buffett and Diana Kimball
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Warren Buffett, Most Recommended Books, and History.
In lieu of an unrevealing FamousPeopleIHaveKnown autobiography, the owner of the Washington Post has chosen to be remarkably candid about the insecurities prompted by remote parents and a difficult marriage to the charismatic, manicdepressive Phil Graham, who ran the newspaper her father acquired. Katharine's account of her years as subservien...
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“27/ Personal History. Graham portrays the realities of leading through turmoil and transition, while demonstrating the toughness required to maintain uncompromising quality. Also, a great window into the complexities of a media business. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost | The best autobiography I’ve ever read.”
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