Baroness of Hobcaw : the life of Belle W. Baruch /
Belle W. Baruch (1899-1964) could outride, outshoot, outhunt, and outsail most of the young men of her elite social circle-abilities that distanced her from other debutantes of 1917. Unapologetic for her athleticism and interests in traditionally masculine pursuits, Baruch towered above male and fem...
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Columbia, S.C. :
University of South Carolina Press,
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Table of Contents:
- 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 Sojourn18 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.
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