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A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts / Therese Anne Fowler.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 392 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250095473
  • 1250095476
  • 9781250202758 dqpaperback
  • 1250202752 dqpaperback
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3606.O857 W45 2018
Other classification:
  • FIC045000 | FIC014000
Summary: Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built 9 mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK Harrison Memorial Library FICTION Adult Fiction FOWLER T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31624004049094
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Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built 9 mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

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