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A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts
- Title
- A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts / Therese Anne Fowler.
- Author
- Fowler, Therese
- Publication
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-978 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 392 pages; 25 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- United States
- Vanderbilt family
- Socialites
- Biographical fiction
- United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918 > Fiction
- Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933 > Fiction
- 1865-1918
- FICTION > Historical > General
- Vanderbilt family > Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Socialites > Fiction
- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- FICTION > Family Life > General
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-978
- ISBN
- 9781250095473
- 1250095476
- LCCN
- 2018019687
- OCLC
- 1016946039
- Author
- Fowler, Therese, author.
- Title
- A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts / Therese Anne Fowler.
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1865-1918
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-978