Lioness : Golda Meir and the nation of Israel / Francine Klagsbrun.
Record details
- ISBN: 0805242376 (hard cover)
- ISBN: 9780805242379 (hard cover)
- ISBN: 9780805242379 : HRD
- ISBN: 0805242376 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780805242379
- ISBN: 0805242376
- ISBN: 080524350X
- ISBN: 9780805243505
- Physical Description: xix, 824 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Schocken Books, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-784) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : "Call me Golda" -- Part one. Stubborn roots. The carpenter's daughter -- An American girl -- "Dearest Gogo" -- The path to Palestine -- Part two. Ascent. "New Jews" -- The dark years -- A star is born -- Pioneer woman -- Black clouds rising -- "And the heart breaking" -- Life and death -- Ein Breira--no alternative -- "Nevertheless : a woman" -- 1947 : the turning point -- "The time is now" -- Part three. Madam Minister. Moscow -- "Either immigrants or shoes" -- The politician -- "Golda Meir" -- Conflict and charisma -- "A mutual distancing" -- Seat of power -- Part four. Premier. The chosen -- A different kind of war -- "What has happened to us?" -- Terror, territories, and the Palestinian question -- Premier Meir and President Sadat -- "I will never again be the person I was" -- An "irrevocable" decision -- "My only fear is to live too long" -- Endings : "I've always been a realist." |
Summary, etc.: | "The definitive biography of Golda Meir: the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel and one of the most notable women of our time"-- Provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Meir, Golda, 1898-1978. Women prime ministers > Israel > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
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- 4 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | BIO MEIR (Text) | 33625138933531 | Adult Biography | On holds shelf | - |