TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruff,Allan R.
TI  - An Author and a Gardener
SN  - 9781909686496
AV  - PS3545 .H16 Z764 2014 
U1  - 712.0922 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Havertown
PB  - Windgather Press
KW  - Gardeners -- England -- Biography
KW  - Gardens -- England -- Gloucestershire
KW  - Hidcote Manor Garden (England)
KW  - Johnston, Lawrence Waterbury, 1871-1958
KW  - Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Homes and haunts
KW  - Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
KW  - Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The New York Beginnings -- The Jones Family of New York -- The Johnston and Waterbury Families -- New York's Murray Hill -- Deaths of their Fathers -- Entry into Society -- Escape from New York -- Notes and References -- Chapter 2: The Arbiter of Taste -- The Education of Edith Jones Wharton -- 'Land's End' -- Edith Wharton and the American Renaissance -- Notes and References -- Chapter 3: 'The Mount' and Italian Gardens -- The Making of 'The Mount' -- Collaboration with Beatrix (Jones) Farrand -- Reaction to the Mount and its Garden -- Peace and Contentment -- Travels in Italy -- Travels by Car -- Back to the Mount -- Farewell to the Mount -- Notes and References -- Chapter 4: The Making of a Gardener -- Education at Cambridge -- The Network of Friends -- The Second Boer War -- Johnston the Soldier -- The High Society of Gardeners -- The Purchase of Hidcote -- Notes and References -- Chapter 5: The Cotswolds and the American Diaspora -- Mary Anderson -- Alfred Parsons -- Arrival at Hidcote -- Lady Elcho and the Souls -- Notes and References -- Chapter 6: Edith Wharton in England -- Wharton and the Aristocracy -- Close Women Friends -- Henry James -- Wharton's Inner Circle -- Howard Sturgis -- Wharton and the Inner Circle -- Coopersale -- Notes and References -- Chapter 7: Making the Garden at Hidcote -- The House -- The Garden -- The Old Garden -- Influences and Friends -- The New Garden -- The Main Vista -- The Fuchsia and Pool Gardens -- Mrs Winthrop's Garden -- Travels to Egypt and Italy -- The Theatre Lawn -- The Rest of the Garden -- Notes and References -- Chapter 8: The First World War -- The Reality of War -- Mobilisation -- The First Battle of Ypres -- The Continuing Struggle -- The Final Years of the War -- Notes and References; Chapter 9: Hidcote and Friends -- Norah Lindsay -- The Hon. Bill Barrington and the Ménage à Trois -- A Return to Hidcote -- A Changing Emphasis -- Westonbirt -- Notes and References -- Chapter 10: Edith Wharton and her French Gardens -- The Pavillon Colombe at Saint-Brice -- Hyères: Sainte-Claire -- The Garden at Ste-Claire -- A Day with Edith Wharton -- Notes and References -- Chapter 11: Johnston and the French Riviera -- Menton -- Serre de la Madone -- Life at Menton -- La Mortola -- Friends and Neighbours -- Financial Restraints -- Notes and References -- Chapter 12: Plants and Plant Collecting -- South Africa -- China, Rhododendrons and George Forrest -- Afterwards -- Notes and References -- Chapter 13: Lawrence Johnston: The Diary Years 1929-1932 -- Diary Entries for 1929 -- Diary Entries for 1932 -- Notes and References -- Chapter 14: The Final Chapter -- Correspondence with Beatrix Farrand -- Louis Bromfield and the Presbytère Saint-Étienne -- Edith Wharton's Last Years -- The Second World War -- Nancy Lindsay -- Hidcote and the National Trust -- Serre de la Madone -- Notes and References -- Chapter 15: Afterwards -- The Mount -- The Pavillon Colombe -- Sainte-Claire -- Hidcote Manor -- Serre de la Madone -- Notes and References -- Chapter 16: Conclusions and Legacies -- The Italian-inspired Garden -- The Character of Lawrence Johnston -- The Making of Hidcote -- Notes and References -- Appendix 1. Garden Books in Edith Wharton's Libraries -- Appendix 2. Chronology 1862-1960 -- Appendix 3. The Gardens to Visit -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations, Sources and Credits -- Index
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