Miss Lillian Russell: A novel memoir

Brough, James

McGraw=Hill

The story of Frank W., who held that thrift was a paramount virtue, and his heirs, with all their extravagant eccentricities...

The Woolworths

The Ford dynasty: An American story

DOUBLEDAY

Dust jacket notes: "Since the passing of my parents, I have read a steady flow of appraisals of their lives. Some of these books were conscientiously researched by able historians. Other books have been written by haters or lovers of one or the other. From all this writing I have experienced a feeling that a kind of cardboard, one-dimensional image was emerging that did not tell the full story of the development of these two human beings. Both my parents evolved, through terrible, wrenching, soul-searching experiences, into very strong individuals, dedicated to ideals that they thoroughly believed in. They both influenced each other's lives, but one did not make the other. Also, as is invariably true, neither one could have achieved the success that each did, without the strong outside aid of a few individuals. Nowhere, not even in their own writings, does the vital role of Sara Delano Roosevelt or that of Louis McHenry Howe come through, with the impact it should, in the shaping of their careers. My parents developed as two separate, distinct persons with entirely different ambitions and desires. Their personalities differed widely. One was warm, loving, outgoing, and generous to a fault. The other tried desperately to be similar, but because of earlier influences, the expression of these qualities was much less evident. They manifested themselves on occasion, but a wall of reserve made it difficult. My parents were two of the most gallant, brave, lonely, and brilliant humans that came to the fore in this country. But they were human; they had their faults; they made their mistakes; they bled just as you and I. Some people may feel that I have revealed too much of the inner lives and complications that beset the paths of these two. I feel that the truth is better told plainly than alluded to in veiled sentences. After all, their actions helped make them strong and achieve their positions in history...."

An Untold Story: The Roosevelts of Hyde Park

Roosevelt, E.

Putnam Adult

A Rendezvous With Destiny * The Roosevelts Of The White House

Roosevelt, Elliott

PUTNAM

Margaret, the tragic princess

W.H.Allen

Prince And The Lily

From the front flap of this 266 page book: "Sparkling with all the glitter of an opulent age, here is a dramatic, richly detailed biography of Consuela Vanderbilt (1877-1964), the American heiress who became a duchess at the expense of love and whose fabled palaces were truly gilded cages. Heiress to the largest personal fortune American has ever known, sheltered in resplendent mansions on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, rigorously trained to assume a role at the pinnacle of society. Consuela Vanderbilt had every luxury imaginable - except a life of her own. Even in marriage she was permitted no freedom. Consuela's mother, Alva, a Southern belle with an iron will and ruthless social aspirations, was determined that her daughter be an aristocrat - and Charles Spencer Churchill, ninth Duke of Marlborough, was the era's most eligible bachelor. Short of royalty, no title was more glamorous than Duchess of Marlborough, no home more stately than Blenheim Palace - nor, Consuela soon discovered, more loveless. Ignored by a husband whose sole passions were house and heritage, intimidated by Britain's rigid aristocratic society. Consuela became a prisoner of her own enormous wealth. But 'Consuela' is also a story of a struggle for self-determination, of the transformation of a shy American girl into an independent woman who risked society's displeasure with divorce and supported social causes with a fervor as well as checks. And it is, finally, the portrait of a woman who found love late in life and treasured it as her real fortune." Contains twenty-eight black and white photos and reproductions.

Consuelo: Portrait of an American Heiress

History

Americas

Putnam Pub. Group

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