MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2002001028
003 DLC
005 20030521151305.0
008 020124s2002 dcua 001 0aeng
010 $a 2002001028
020 $a0966505158 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aCT275.N4237$bA3 2002
082 00 $a973.9/092$aB$221
100 1 $aNef, Evelyn Stefansson,$d1913-
245 10 $aFinding my way :$bthe autobiography of an optimist /$cEvelyn Stefansson Nef.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bFrancis Press,$cc2002.
300 $ax, 304 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aA Brooklyn childhood -- The loss of my parents -- Trying my wings -- Romany Marie's and Bucky Fuller -- Life with Bil Baird -- Making my way alone -- Unexplored territory at the Stefansson Library -- The beginning of a beautiful relationship -- A brief history of Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- A man of many talents -- Dearing farm -- World War II and the "Encyclopedia artica" -- Becoming -- Life in Hanover -- The Lattimores and McCarthyism -- Illness and professional growth -- Paget's disease and "dying order" -- Stef's death -- Mrs. Stefansson goes to Washington -- Meeting and marrying John Nef -- Honeymoon and beyond -- The Chagalls -- A new home and new projects -- Discovering psychotherapy -- A new career late in life -- John Nef's death -- Philanthropy and life in the 1990s and beyond.
600 10 $aNef, Evelyn Stefansson,$d1913-
600 10 $aNef, Evelyn Stefansson,$d1913-$xFriends and associates.
650 0 $aLinguists$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPsychotherapists$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPhilanthropists$zUnited States.