Inga Arvad was the great love of President John F. Kennedy’s life; and also Adolf Hitler’s special guest at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She was an actress; a foreign correspondent; a popular Washington columnist; an explorer who lived among a tribe of headhunters; one of Hollywood’s most influential gossip columnists; and a suspected Nazi spy. The latter nearly got Kennedy cashiered out of the Navy; but instead set in motion the chain of events that led to him becoming a war hero. Inga lived where gossip intersects with history; and her story; as told by author Scott Farris in Inga; is a rollicking story that demonstrates how private lives influence public events. It is also a Hitchcockian tale of how difficult it can be to prove innocence when unjustly accused; and how; as Inga phrased it; what was once a halo can slip down and become a hangman’s noose. In addition to her romance with Kennedy and the attention of Hitler; Arvad married three times — to an Egyptian diplomat who insisted they never had divorced; the brilliant filmmaker Paul Fejos whom Charlie Chaplin considered a genius; and the famed cowboy movie star Tim McCoy. She also had affairs with noted surgeon Dr. William Cahan; the prolific writer John Gunther; and Winston’s Churchill’s right hand man; Baron Robert Boothby. She was pursued by Wall Street financier Bernard Baruch; and Swedish industrialist Axel Wenner-Gren; reputedly the richest man in the world at the time; offered her $1 million to have his child.Inga was Miss Denmark of 1931; but by all accounts her admirers among the European and American elite loved Inga not for her physical beauty alone; but for her joie de vivre. She was a genius with people; she was daring and adventurous; and she was their equal in intellect. Like Isak Dinesen and Clare Boothe Luce; Inga Arvad led a life that both sheds light on and defies the stereotypes of women of her time.
Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa 2013-03-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x .13 x 7.52l; .27 #File Name: 148370067462 pagesThe Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa Book 15 Asramavasika Parva
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