A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: La Niçoise (now Casbah Café) -- 2: Eric Sevareid -- 3: Al Friendly -- 4: Robert Taft -- 5: Dumbarton Oaks -- 6: William Donovan / -- 7: William Colby -- 8: Cyrus Vance -- 9: Allen Dulles -- 10: Dean Acheson -- 11: Robert Joyce -- 12: George Kennan -- 13: Joe Alsop -- 14: Chip Bohlen -- 15: Drew Pearson -- 16: Felix Frankfurter -- 17: Alger Hiss -- 18: Gordon Gray -- 19: Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn -- 20: Abe Fortas -- 21: Averell Harriman -- 22: Arthur Schlesinger -- 23: Henry Cabot Lodge II -- 24: Stewart Alsop -- 25: Au Pied de Cochon (now a Five Guys) -- 26: Martin's Tavern -- 27: Stuart Symington -- 28: John F. Kennedy -- 19: Mary Pinchot Meyer -- 20: Llewellyn Thompson -- 21: Philip Jessup -- 22: Frank Wisner -- 23: Desmond FitzGerald -- 24: Walter Lippmann -- 25: David and Evangeline Bruce -- 26: James Forrestal -- Conclusion.
This walking tour of the neighborhood where the Georgetown Set lived includes recent photos of each house, anecdotes of its inhabitants--from Phillip and Katharine Graham to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to the Kennedys--as well as a map to guide you down the historical brick sidewalks of Georgetown.
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