An American princess the many lives of Allene Tew
Born to a pioneering family in Upstate New York in the late 1800s, Allene Tew was beautiful, impetuous, and frustrated by the confines of her small hometown. At eighteen, she met Tod Hostetter at a local dance, having no idea that the mercurial charmer she would impulsively wed was heir to one of th...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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Seattle :
AmazonCrossing,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Born to a pioneering family in Upstate New York in the late 1800s, Allene Tew was beautiful, impetuous, and frustrated by the confines of her small hometown. At eighteen, she met Tod Hostetter at a local dance, having no idea that the mercurial charmer she would impulsively wed was heir to one of the wealthiest families in America. But when he died twelve years later, Allene packed her bags for New York City. From the vantage point of the American upper class, Allene embodied the tumultuous Gilded Age. Over the course of four more marriages, she weathered personal tragedies during World War I and the catastrophic financial reversals of the crash of 1929. From the castles and chà‚teaus of Europe, she witnessed the Russian Revolution and became a princess. And from the hopes of a young girl from Jamestown, New York, Allene Tew would become the epitome of both a pursuer and survivor of the American Dream. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of De Amerikaanse prinses, originally published in 2015. |
| Physical Description: | 221 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]--212) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781503951839 1503951839 9781542049740 1542049741 |
