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An American princess : the many lives of Allene Tew / Annejet van der Zijl ; translated by Michele Hutchison.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: Seattle : AmazonCrossing, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: 221 pages illustrations, genealogical table 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781503951839
  • 1503951839
  • 9781542049740
  • 1542049741
Uniform titles:
  • Amerikaanse prinses. Engelska
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.91092 23
LOC classification:
  • CT275.T444 Z5513 2018
Other classification:
  • Kqa
Summary: 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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Bok Luleå stadsbibliotek Biblioteket Plan 5 Biografier Tew Available 80061885325

Translation of: De Amerikaanse prinses, originally published in 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.

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.

Text in English.

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