The woman who knew everyone the power of Perle Mesta, Washington's most famous hostess
"Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very clos...
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New York :
Grand Central,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Broadway bound
- A Texas/Oklahoma upbringing
- The man of steel : George Mesta
- Starting over
- Oklahoma, revisited
- acts of rebellion
- Two-party Perle
- The moon, the stars and all the planets
- The Entertainer-in-Chief
- Democratic Party stalwart
- Dewey beats Truman?
- Just reward, or government by crony?
- Advise and consent
- Lost and found in Luxembourg
- Call me madam
- I like Ike
- Divided loyalties
- Goodbye without leaving
- From royalty to Russia
- There's no place like home
- Have passport, will travel
- The world traveler recovers
- Windy City blues : the party must go on
- Fly me to the moon.
- All the way (or not at all) with LBJ
- A house is not a home
- Alone again
- Blame it on the Frug
- Tumultuous times
- A world turned upside down
- Never give up : a feminist in her eighties
- The octogenarian jetsetter
- "Perle, you're an event in the life of America."
