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August 27, 2007

A Wee Bit of DC History

by AltHippo @ 1:08 am. Filed under Uncategorized

Over the weekend I learned one or two things about the history of Washington. From my uncles, and cousins, mostly, who experienced it first hand, or knew about particular aspects of my grandfather’s and great-grandfather’s life.

I wanted to dig a bit more into particular stories, and I happened to come across the audio book “Personal History,” about the life of Katherine Graham.

There’s no direct connection between my family and the book “Personal History,” I bring this up only in light of the history of that era. On the other hand, I wouldn’t be surprised if my grandfather knew the Meyer’s or the Graham’s, based on Washington society at that time.

At any rate, I was browsing the racks at Politics&Prose and I came across the audio book “A Personal History,” by Katherine Graham. Well, I thought, I’m glad that someone took the book and made into something you can listen to. The hard part is getting a complex figure, like Katherine Graham, right, and have an actor represent her point of view correctly.

So who does Katherine Graham on the audio book? Well, according to the jacket it’s performed by, well, Katherine Graham.

This surprised me as I had never heard even an interview with the late owner of the Washington Post, much less several hours of her talking about her life. I listened to the whole tape over the weekend, and was completely captivated.

This is a historic document of the Washington Post, and Washington in a former era, and unless I’ve completely slept through it, it’s gone without mention in the press.

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