Mother in History

By Jean Stafford

Book Overview

In 1965, acclaimed novelist Stafford conducted three interviews with Marguerite Osward, the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald. What emerges is a classic of new journalism and an unforgettable and disturbing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374213720
• ISBN13: 9780374213725
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.

Customer Reviews

No Point of View necessary

Tragic, chilling and funny, Jean Stafford's book about her 3 day visit with Lee Harvey Oswald is a must read. The appalling and scary Mrs. Oswald is proof of her son's insanity. While some moral relativists have accused Mrs. Stafford of having a point of view in her approach to Mrs. Oswald, I might suggest that there is no point of view necessary. Mrs. Oswald was demented, and so was her son. What contrary point of view is needed? That Mrs. Oswald was a good mother? Please. Her son killed a president. End of story.