Baroness of Hobcaw : The Life of Belle W. Baruch.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Paternal Pride and Future Hope -- 2 The Only Real Place on Earth -- 3 Life Lessons at Hobcaw -- 4 A Study in Determination -- 5 From Debutante to the World Stage -- 6 Henry Ford and Anti-Semitism -- 7 Resolution and Independence -- 8 Lois Massey -- 9 Travels with Edith Bolling Wilson -- 10 An Awakening -- 11 La Belle Équitation -- 12 Success and Romance at Home and Abroad -- 13 Triumphs with Souriant and Rumors of War -- 14 European Friends and a Fleeting Betrothal -- 15 Bargaining for Bellefield -- 16 Lois Massey and Prewar Europe -- 17 Varvara Hasselbalch's American Sojourn -- 18 Life Stateside and War Abroad -- 19 Personal and National Turmoil in 1941 -- 20 U-Boats and Spies along the Carolina Coast -- 21 Dickie Leyland at Hobcaw Barony -- 22 FDR's Visit to South Carolina -- 23 War's End and the End of an Era -- 24 Winds of Change in Postwar America -- 25 Philanthropy and Ecology -- 26 From Constable to Baroness -- 27 Paul Dollfus and Frances Milam -- 28 The Passing of Jean Darthez and Souriant III -- 29 Into the Twilight -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Hobcaw Barony Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Miller describes Belle's final success in saving Hobcaw from development as the overarching triumph of a tempestuous life.
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