Katharine Graham

Contributors: Abigail McCarthy, Alice R. Longsworth, Art Buchwald, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Barbara Howar, Ben Bradlee, David Brinkley, David McCullough, Dean Acheson, Drew Pearson, Robert S. Allen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Tully, Harry Truman, Henry Allen, Henry Kissinger, Isabel Anderson, Jack Anderson, Jack Valenti, James Thurber, John dos Passos, Jonathan Daniels, Lady Bird Johnson, Lilian R. Parks, Liz Carpenter, Merriman Smith, Michael K. Deaver, Will Rogers, Nancy Reagan ... [et al.].

The author describes her privileged but lonely childhood, her tragic marriage to the charismatic Phil Graham, her struggles as the head of the Washington Post, and the colorful politicians and celebrities she has known.