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The Resource Bunny Mellon : the life of an American style legend, Meryl Gordon
Bunny Mellon : the life of an American style legend, Meryl Gordon
Resource Information
The item Bunny Mellon : the life of an American style legend, Meryl Gordon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Bunny Mellon : the life of an American style legend, Meryl Gordon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands of pages of her letters, diaries and appointment calendars and has interviewed more than 175 people to capture the spirit of this talented American original"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Note
- All illustrations by Bunny Mellon
- Contents
-
- President Kennedy has a request
- Fifty summers later
- The auction of the decade
- Childhood treasures: a bottle and a book
- The making of a young gardener
- Tally-ho in Virginia
- The debutante dances through the Depression
- A courteous girl and a thorough gentleman
- Paul Mellon's rebellion
- The war years
- Millions of reasons to remarry
- The best-dressed list
- A constant gardener
- The best friends
- A rose by any other name
- November 22, 1963
- Carrying on
- 1968
- Paul and Bunny in love--with others
- The spending of a robber baron fortune
- The book stops here
- Entertaining the royals (again)
- Exits and entrances
- Enduring the unendurable
- A perilous political affair
- The FBI makes house calls
- Everything should be noticed
- Isbn
- 9781455588732
- Label
- Bunny Mellon : the life of an American style legend
- Title
- Bunny Mellon
- Title remainder
- the life of an American style legend
- Statement of responsibility
- Meryl Gordon
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Gardeners
- Gardeners -- United States -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Mellon, Paul, Mrs
- Mellon, Paul, Mrs
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
- Philanthropists
- Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- United States
- Upper class women
- Upper class women -- United States -- Biography
- Women gardeners
- Women gardeners -- United States -- Biography
- Women philanthropists
- Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands of pages of her letters, diaries and appointment calendars and has interviewed more than 175 people to capture the spirit of this talented American original"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gordon, Meryl
- Dewey number
- 361.7/4092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CT275.M469122
- LC item number
- G67 2017eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mellon, Paul
- Upper class women
- Gardeners
- Women gardeners
- Philanthropists
- Women philanthropists
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- Mellon, Paul
- Gardeners
- Philanthropists
- Upper class women
- Women gardeners
- Women philanthropists
- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
- Label
- Bunny Mellon : the life of an American style legend, Meryl Gordon
- Link
- Note
- All illustrations by Bunny Mellon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-497) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- President Kennedy has a request -- Fifty summers later -- The auction of the decade -- Childhood treasures: a bottle and a book -- The making of a young gardener -- Tally-ho in Virginia -- The debutante dances through the Depression -- A courteous girl and a thorough gentleman -- Paul Mellon's rebellion -- The war years -- Millions of reasons to remarry -- The best-dressed list -- A constant gardener -- The best friends -- A rose by any other name -- November 22, 1963 -- Carrying on -- 1968 -- Paul and Bunny in love--with others -- The spending of a robber baron fortune -- The book stops here -- Entertaining the royals (again) -- Exits and entrances -- Enduring the unendurable -- A perilous political affair -- The FBI makes house calls -- Everything should be noticed
- Control code
- on1003856467
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781455588732
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- C87EA1DD-B3E7-4851-96AB-FB886FD6F2E3
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1003856467
- Label
- Bunny Mellon : the life of an American style legend, Meryl Gordon
- Link
- Note
- All illustrations by Bunny Mellon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-497) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- President Kennedy has a request -- Fifty summers later -- The auction of the decade -- Childhood treasures: a bottle and a book -- The making of a young gardener -- Tally-ho in Virginia -- The debutante dances through the Depression -- A courteous girl and a thorough gentleman -- Paul Mellon's rebellion -- The war years -- Millions of reasons to remarry -- The best-dressed list -- A constant gardener -- The best friends -- A rose by any other name -- November 22, 1963 -- Carrying on -- 1968 -- Paul and Bunny in love--with others -- The spending of a robber baron fortune -- The book stops here -- Entertaining the royals (again) -- Exits and entrances -- Enduring the unendurable -- A perilous political affair -- The FBI makes house calls -- Everything should be noticed
- Control code
- on1003856467
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781455588732
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- C87EA1DD-B3E7-4851-96AB-FB886FD6F2E3
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1003856467
Subject
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Gardeners
- Gardeners -- United States -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Mellon, Paul, Mrs
- Mellon, Paul, Mrs
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
- Philanthropists
- Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- United States
- Upper class women
- Upper class women -- United States -- Biography
- Women gardeners
- Women gardeners -- United States -- Biography
- Women philanthropists
- Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
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