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Bunny Mellon

the life of an American style legend

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An edition of Bunny Mellon (2017)

Bunny Mellon

the life of an American style legend

First edition.

by

  • 6 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

"A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands of pages of her letters, diaries and appointment calendars and has interviewed more than 175 people to capture the spirit of this talented American original"--

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Philanthropists, Gardeners, Women philanthropists, Women gardeners, Upper class women, Biography, Women, united states, biography, Upper class, Gardening, united states, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2017-10-15, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political

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Paul Mellon Mrs

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United States
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Cover of: Bunny Mellon
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend
Apr 02, 2019, Grand Central Publishing
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Cover of: Bunny Mellon
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend
2017, Grand Central Publishing
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Cover of: Bunny Mellon
Bunny Mellon: the life of an American style legend
2017
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Color illustrations on end papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [461]-497) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
361.7/4092, B
Library of Congress
CT275.M469122 G67 2017, CT275.M469122G67

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
516

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26929978M
ISBN 10
1455588741
ISBN 13
9781455588749
LCCN
2017016493
OCLC/WorldCat
968300192

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19716843W

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