LgTFJ (Download ebook) Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines Online [LgTFJ.ebook] Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines Pdf Free Katherine Ellison ebooks | Download PDF | *ePub | DOC | audiobook Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #493321 in eBooks 2012-08-01 2012-08-01File Name: B008S2DG08 | File size: 78.Mb Katherine Ellison : Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines: 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Tomok The former first lady of the Philippines has become an icon of popular ridicule since the 1986 People Power revolution brought an end to her "ridiculous dreamworld." That world is captured here in its empty glitter, but Ellison, bureau chief of Knight-Ridder newspapers in Mexico City, is primarily concerned with showing how the Steel Butterfly made comic opera out of a historic opportunity for greatness: "an act of selfishness far uglier than any shopping binge." Tracing her lonely, traumatic upbringing in Leyte, her fabled courtship by Ferdinand Marcos and her role in his rise to the presidency, the author describes how the first lady gradually traded in a fairytale dream of romance for a dream of power. When the dream became a reality, she used that power for self-glorification ("Look! Look how the people love me."). This well-researched biography sheds new light on the Manila-Washington connection, the career of Benigno Aquino and his self-effacing wife Corazon, and Ferdinand Marcos' "creative diplomacy," which apparently included using his wife as a sexual lure. Photos. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections. A major biography by a Pulitzer Price-winning writer of one of the most complex and fascinating women of our time.ldquo;Katherine Ellison has a reporterrsquo;s zeal for finding the story within the story. Her book is full of surprises.rdquo; David Haward Bain, author of Sitting in Darkness: Americans in the Philippinesldquo;The research here is superb, the writing is gripping and graceful,rdquo; The Washington Postldquo;hellip;Proves once again that absolute power corrupts absolutelyhellip;An absorbing biography, likely to be in demand,rdquo; Library Journal From Publishers WeeklyThe former first lady of the Philippines has become an icon of popular ridicule since the 1986 People Power revolution brought an end to her "ridiculous dreamworld." That world is captured here in its empty glitter, but Ellison, bureau chief of Knight-Ridder newspapers in Mexico City, is primarily concerned with showing how the Steel Butterfly made comic opera out of a historic opportunity for greatness: "an act of selfishness far uglier than any shopping binge." Tracing her lonely, traumatic upbringing in Leyte, her fabled courtship by Ferdinand Marcos and her role in his rise to the presidency, the author describes how the first lady gradually traded in a fairytale dream of romance for a dream of power. When the dream became a reality, she used that power for self-glorification ("Look! Look how the people love me."). This well-researched biography sheds new light on the Manila-Washington connection, the career of Benigno Aquino and his self-effacing wife Corazon, and Ferdinand Marcos' "creative diplomacy," which apparently included using his wife as a sexual lure. Photos. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalPulitzer Prize-winner Ellison's biography of Imelda Marcos follows the plight of her middle-class Filipino family forced by hard times to leave Manila for ancestral lands on the island of Leyte. When Imelda returned to Manila in her 20s, she used her great beauty to advantage, marrying a rich lawyer and promising politician. The author proves once again that absolute power corrupts absolutely, although she could have provided more detailed information on power's effect on Imelda's values. An absorbing biography, likely to be in demand. Donald Clay Johnson, Univ. of Minnesota Lib., MinneapolisCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.About the AuthorKatherine Ellison won the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for her work on a series of articles about the Marcoses clandestine purchases of property in the United States. [LgTFJ.ebook] Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines By Katherine Ellison PDF [LgTFJ.ebook] Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines By Katherine Ellison Epub [LgTFJ.ebook] Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines By Katherine Ellison Ebook [LgTFJ.ebook] Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines By Katherine Ellison Rar [LgTFJ.ebook] Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines By Katherine Ellison Zip [LgTFJ.ebook] Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines By Katherine Ellison Read Online.