Albert J Beveridge, Susan Radomsky

The Chronicle of Catherine Eddy Beveridge

An American Girl Travels Into the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Anyone with a love of history and Americana will find this book to be so much more than just a biography. Catherine Eddy Beveridge's life was a window to some of the most important historical events and personalities of her time. Through her Chronicle, the reader receives a highly insightful and unmatched perspective of social and political life in early twentieth-century America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 185mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780761833352
• ISBN-10: 0761833358
• Artikelnr.: 21150241

Autorenporträt

By Albert J. Beveridge III and Susan Radomsky

Inhaltsangabe

1 Preface 2 A Personal Introduction 3 The Chronicle of Catherine Eddy
Beveridge 4 1902: The Porters. Paris preparations. Ambassador & Mrs. White.
Ther Berlin Palace. Miss Perkins. The Reichstag. The Russian court. The
Grand Duchess Vladimir. The Elchoes. Boradway. Prince Henry visits. My
tutor, Miss Moewis. Constantinople. 5 1903: The Streets-of-Cairo party.
Mrs. Gradner's new museum. Motoring¿Ethel Barrymore. Ottawa days. Munich.
Mother & Mrs. Field sit for Lenbach. Our dresses are made. Katherine Dexter
& Stanley McCormick. 6 1904: The Indiana senator. My mother is ill. Cissy
Patterson & Count Gizicki. Henry Adams. A summer in Germany. Katherine
Dexter's wedding. Homward bound. Uncle Arther dies. 7 1905: A German suitor
appears. Henry James. Robert Herrick. St. Petersburg on the brink. Count
von Dohna's fate. Aunt Delia becomes Mrs. Field. Chartres under the
influence. Marshall Field, Jr. shoots himself. 8 1906: Death of Mr. Field.
Albertine's plight. The Washington whirl. Spencer's wedding. A Norwegian
coronation. Invercauld. Old and new homes. A welcome admirer. 9 1907:
Washington excitement. Walter Berry. Gifford Pinchot. A hazardous
engagement. I am married. Quiet crises. My mother's illness. A senator's
wife. 10 1908: With the Roosevelts. Political dinners. Election-year
excitement. Katherine Elkins & the Duke d'Abruzzi. My fireworks. The
Battleshipe Fight. Albert Jr. The Senator on the stump. Many struggles are
over. 11 Afterword 12 Catherine's Family 13 Dramatis Personae