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BOUT THE
A
UTHOR
Janet Wallach is the author of nine books, including
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell
, which has been translated into twelve languages and was a
New York Times
Notable Book of the Year.
Hetty Howland Robinson. The striking twenty-six-year-old, on her way to a dinner party at the home of former President McKinley, was known to be a good dancer and a witty conversationalist.
(Courtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum)
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Edward Mott Robinson, Hetty’s father. A shrewd man who loved making money more than anything else, he berated his wife and thwarted his daughter.
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Abby Slocum Howland Robinson, Hetty’s mother. Dominated by her husband and depressed over not bearing him a son, she spent many years bedridden and under a doctor’s care.
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Sylvia Ann Howland, Hetty’s aunt. Sickly from birth, she clashed constantly with Hetty’s father and was frustrated in her attempts to turn Hetty into a proper lady.
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Delmonico’s. The smart restaurant where champagne flowed, elegant parties were held, and the upper crust showed themselves off.
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The Astor residence. The home of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor at Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue set the standard for the Gilded Age and was where Mrs. Astor determined who was to be part of her famous Four Hundred.
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Edward Henry Green, Hetty’s husband. A generous man who feasted on life, he did himself in by assuming too much risk and did his marriage in by using his wife’s funds.
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Annie Leary, a Catholic philanthropist. Hetty’s best friend, who guided her debutante daughter, Sylvia Green, through society.
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Madison Square Park cab stand. The center of fashionable New York, where ladies shopped and the smart set rode in hansom cabs.
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The Breakers. The Vanderbilt home in Newport was the scene of fabulous parties. Based on a sixteenth-century Italian palazzo, it was built to rival Mrs. Astor’s residence.
(Collection of the New-York Historical Society)
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The Elms. Inspired by a French château, it was another of the Newport palaces where American entrepreneurs and their wives could pretend to be European nobility.
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