ix, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Biography."
Contents:
President Kennedy has a request -- Fifty summers later -- The auction of the decade -- Childhood treasures: a bottle and a book -- The making of a young gardener -- Tally-ho in Virginia -- The debutante dances through the Depression -- A courteous girl and a thorough gentleman -- Paul Mellon's rebellion -- The war years -- Millions of reasons to remarry -- The best-dressed list -- A constant gardener -- The best friends -- A rose by any other name -- November 22, 1963 -- Carrying on -- 1968 -- Paul and Bunny in love--with others -- The spending of a robber baron fortune -- The book stops here -- Entertaining the royals (again) -- Exits and entrances -- Enduring the unendurable -- A perilous political affair -- The FBI makes house calls -- Everything should be noticed.
Subject Terms:
Mellon, Paul, Mrs. | Upper class women -- United States -- Biography. | Gardeners -- United States -- Biography. | Women gardeners -- United States -- Biography. | Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography. | Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous. | HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. | Mellon, Paul, Mrs. | Gardeners. | Philanthropists. | Upper class women. | Women gardeners. | Women philanthropists. | United States.