The beneficiary fortune, misfortune, and the story of my father
Land, houses, and money tumbled from one generation to the next on the eight-hundred-acre estate built by Scott's investment banker great-grandfather on Philadelphia's Main Line. Some beneficiaries flourished, like Scott's grandmother, Helen Hope Scott, a socialite and celebrated hors...
| Main Author: | Scott, Janny (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Riverhead Books,
2019.
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| Summary: |
Land, houses, and money tumbled from one generation to the next on the eight-hundred-acre estate built by Scott's investment banker great-grandfather on Philadelphia's Main Line. Some beneficiaries flourished, like Scott's grandmother, Helen Hope Scott, a socialite and celebrated horsewoman. For others, such as Helen's son, Robert Montgomery Scott, the impact was more complex. In struggling to understand her father's puzzling end, Scott provides an incisive look at the weight of inheritance, the tenacity of addiction, and the power of buried secrets. -- adapted from jacket |
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| Physical Description: |
278 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278). |
| ISBN: |
9781594634192 159463419X |
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