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Five of Hearts An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends, 1880-1918

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ISBN-10: 0743288238

ISBN-13: 9780743288231

Edition: 2006

Authors: Patricia O'Toole

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The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America's first political dynasty; his wife, Clover, gifted photographer and tragic victim of depression; John Hay, ambassador and secretary of state; his wife, Clara, a Midwestern heiress; and Clarence King, pioneering geologist, entrepreneur, and man of mystery. They knew every president from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and befriended Henry James, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and a host of other illustrious figures on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 3/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Patricia O'Toole is a biographer who also teaches at Columbia University's School of the Arts. Her books include When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House , Money and Morals in America , and The Five of Hearts: An Intimate History of Henry Adams and His Friends , which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Awards, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in New York City.