Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, genealogical tables, portraits |
Contents |
Rockefeller family tree -- McCormick family tree -- Growing up Rockefeller, 1872-88 -- The Prince of McCormick reaper, 1888-95 -- Trickle down Edith, 1896-99 -- The show must go on, 1900-1904 -- Dangers, 1905-10 -- Grand causes, 1909-11 -- Trying to stay sane, 1911-13 -- A new father figure, 1913-14 -- In for the long haul, 1915-16 -- Psychological club, 1916-17 -- A family in tatters, 1917-20 -- Trying to find a way home, 1919-21 -- On her own, 1921-22 -- A year in the life, 1922-23 -- Partnership, 1921-25 -- Elder stateswoman, 1925-28 -- Full steam ahead, blindly, 1926-28 -- Disaster, 1928-32 -- Death, 1932 -- Aftermath, 1932 -- Legacy |
Summary |
"Daughter of the oil titan and wife of the son of the Reaper King, Edith Rockefeller McCormick was a woman wronged, left to fend for herself in the face of bankruptcy and cancer."-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 16, 2020) |
Subject |
McCormick, Edith Rockefeller, 1872-1932.
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McCormick, Harold F. (Harold Fowler), 1872-1941.
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McCormick family -- Art patronage
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Rockefeller family.
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SUBJECT |
McCormick, Edith Rockefeller, 1872-1932 fast |
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McCormick family fast |
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McCormick, Harold F. (Harold Fowler), 1872-1941 fast |
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Rockefeller family fast |
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Art patrons -- United States -- Biography
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Socialites -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
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Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography
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Art patronage
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Art patrons
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Manners and customs
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Philanthropists
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Socialites
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Illinois -- Chicago
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2019049344 |
ISBN |
9780809337910 |
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0809337916 |
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