The Five of Hearts - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780743288231

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by Patricia O'Toole (Author)

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.

Number of Pages: 480

Dimensions: 1.3 x 9 x 6 IN

Publication Date: January 25, 2011

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