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A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts / Therese Anne Fowler.

Fowler, Therese, (author.).

Summary:

Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. -- adapted from back cover

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781432857127
  • ISBN: 1432857126
  • Physical Description: 679 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged."--Title page verso.
Originally published: St. Martin's Press.
Subject: Belmont, Alva, 1853-1933 > Fiction.
Vanderbilt family > Fiction.
Socialites > Fiction.
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918 > Fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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