Verwandte Artikel zu Henry F. Du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter`s Portrait

Henry F. Du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter`s Portrait - Hardcover

Lord, Ruth

 
9780300070743: Henry F. Du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter`s Portrait
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300070748 ISBN 13: 9780300070743
Verlag: YALE UNIV PR, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

World renowned for its vast woodland gardens, its 175-room house, and its unrivaled collection of American decorative arts, Winterthur in Delaware is today among the most beloved museums in the United States. In its earlier days Winterthur was the family home where Ruth du Pont Lord grew up and where her father, Henry F. du Pont (1880–1969), envisioned and then brought to fruition his great museum of Americana.
In this memoir, Ruth Lord engagingly describes the development of Henry F. du Pont from a shy, lonely child, a seemingly hopeless student who had bad times at school, to a man who went on to achieve singular distinction in three disparate fields—as art connoisseur, horticulturist, and eminent cattle breeder. Based on her personal experience, and on extraordinary family archives, the author provides a behind-the-scenes view of the legendary lifestyle of the du Pont family, brings to life other family members, including her brilliant mother and irrepressible aunt, Louise Crowninshield, and tells of her father’s many additional activities, which culminated in his leadership role in Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House restoration.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ruth Lord, the younger daughter of Henry F. du Pont, spent much of her childhood at Winterthur. She is a research affiliate of the Child Study Center, Yale University, and a co-author of When Home Is No Haven: A Casebook of Child Placement Issues, published by Yale University Press.

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
YALE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300070748
ISBN 13 
9780300070743
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
322
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Nicht verfügbar
Verantwortliche Person
Nicht verfügbar