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An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

By Hutchison , Annejet van der , Michele;Queen of the Netherlands Juliana;Tew , Allene;Zijl

Book information

Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Year
2018
ISBN
9781503951839, 1503951839, 9781542049740, 1542049741
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
2 MB (1673072 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
221 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1872-1955;Juliana-- 1909-2004 -- Marriage;Socialites -- United Stat-- 1909-2004;United States-- Queen of the NetherlandsAlleneMarriage;Socialites;Socialites--United States;Biog

Description

Born to a pioneering family in Upstate New York in the late 1800s, Allene Tew was beautiful, impetuous, and frustrated by the confines of her small hometown. At eighteen, she met Tod Hostetter at a local dance, having no idea that the mercurial charmer she would impulsively wed was heir to one of the wealthiest families in America. But when he died twelve years later, Allene packed her bags for New York City. From the vantage point of the American upper class, Allene embodied the tumultuous Gilded Age. Over the course of four more marriages, she weathered personal tragedies during World War I and the catastrophic financial reversals of the crash of 1929. From the castles and châteaus of Europe, she witnessed the Russian Revolution and became a princess. And from the hopes of a young girl from Jamestown, New York, Allene Tew would become the epitome of both a pursuer and survivor of the American Dream.

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