The Five of Hearts
An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams And His Friends, 1880-1918
O'Toole, Patricia
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America's first political dynasty; his wife, Clover, gifted photographer and tragic victim of depression; John Hay, ambassador and secretary of state; his wife, Clara, a Midwestern heiress; and Clarence King, pioneering geologist, entrepreneur, and man of mystery. They knew every president from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and befriended Henry James, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and a host of other illustrious figures on both sides of the Atlantic.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0743288238
Dewey Decimal: 973.07202
Library of Congress: 2006273178
Book Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 459
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