Daughter of the Cold War

Resource Information

The work Daughter of the Cold War represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Daughter of the Cold War

Statement of responsibility

Grace Kennan Warneke

Creator

• WARNECKE, GRACE KENNAN

Subject

• Biographies
• Book editors
• Book editors -- United States -- Biography
• Cold War -- Biography
• Electronic books
• Non-governmental organizations -- Employees
• Non-governmental organizations -- United States -- Employees -- Biography
• United States
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
• Women photographers
• Women photographers -- United States -- Biography
• Women television producers and directors
• Women television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
• Warnecke, Grace Kennan

Genre

• Biography
• Electronic books
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

Grace Kennan Warnecke's memoir is about a life lived on the edge of history. Daughter of one of the most influential diplomats of the twentieth century, wife of the scion of a newspaper dynasty and mother of the youngest owner of a major league baseball team, Grace eventually found her way out from under the shadows of others to forge a dynamic career of her own. Born in Latvia, Grace lived in seven countries and spoke five languages before the age of eleven. As a child, she witnessed Hitler's march into Prague, attended a Soviet school during World War II, and sailed the seas with her father. In a multi-faceted career, she worked as a professional photographer, television producer, and book editor and critic. Eventually, like her father, she became a Russian specialist, but of a very different kind. She accompanied Ted Kennedy and his family to Russia, escorted Joan Baez to Moscow to meet with dissident Andrei Sakharov, and hosted Josef Stalin's daughter on the family farm after Svetlana defected to the United States. While running her own consulting company in Russia, she witnessed the breakup of the Soviet Union, and later became director of a women's economic empowerment project in a newly independent Ukraine. Daughter of the Cold War is a tale of all these adventures and so much more. This compelling and evocative memoir allows readers to follow Grace's amazing path through life -- a whirlwind journey of survival, risk, and self-discovery through a kaleidoscope of many countries, historic events, and fascinating people

Cataloging source

YDX

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries