Momentary Bliss : An American Memoir

Memoir of a distinguished scholar and art collector, with emphasis on:

--the historical and social background of his 19th century forebears, including members of New York high society and a governor of Michigan
--collecting of American Folk Art
--experience as a student and then "baby dean" at Harvard
--experience as a young Stanford professor in the '60s
--travel in Africa tracing the steps of his mysterious uncle