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Peaches & Daddy : a story of the roaring twenties, the birth of tabloid media, and the courtship that captured the heart and imagination of the American public / Michael M. Greenburg.
Van Pelt Library KF228.B775 G74 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenburg, Michael M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Browning, Edward West, 1874-1934--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Browning, Edward West.
- Browning, Peaches, 1910-1956--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Browning, Peaches.
- Browning, Edward West, 1874-1934.
- Browning, Peaches, 1910-1956.
- Trials (Divorce)--New York (State).
- Trials (Divorce).
- Sensationalism in journalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Sensationalism in journalism.
- History.
- United States.
- New York (State).
- Physical Description:
- 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Peaches and Daddy
- Place of Publication:
- Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Traces the scandalous marriage between middle-aged Manhattan millionaire Edward Browning and fifteen-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan in 1926, and chronicles the courtroom drama of their divorce and their role in sparking tabloid journalism.
- Contents:
- Chapter I Three Thousand Purple Orchids 25
- Chapter II Edward West Browning 31
- Chapter III The Gardens of Babylon 45
- Chapter IV The Seduction of Nellie Adele 53
- Chapter V Wanted: Pretty, Refined Girl ... 67
- Chapter VI Two Strokes to Midnight 83
- Chapter VII The Life and Times of Frances Belle Heenan 87
- Chapter VIII Peaches and Daddy 105
- Chapter IX Cruelty to Children 115
- Chapter X Nothing so Powerful as Truth 129
- Chapter XI Til Death do Us Part 143
- Chapter XII America's Most Talked About Newlyweds 151
- Chapter XIII A Bird in a Gilded Cage 167
- Chapter XIV A Bastard Art From 177
- Chapter XV Into the Courts 183
- Chapter XVI Browning V. Browning 197
- Chapter XVII A Man of Peculiar Character, Tastes, and Ideas 209
- Chapter XVIII A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 227
- Chapter XIX An Admission 235
- Chapter XX Credibility, Corroboration, and Corruption 239
- Chapter XXI The Revel of Filth 247
- Chapter XXII A Woman of the World 253
- Chapter XXIII Non Payment of Kisses 267
- Chapter XXIV The Suppression of Vice 277
- Chapter XXV Judgment 285
- Chapter XXVI The Good Judgment of This City 293
- Chapter XXVII Post Peaches and Daddy 297
- Chapter XXVIII Money, Money, Easy Money 305
- Chapter XXIX The Browning Prizes 313.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-342) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781590200469
- 1590200462
- OCLC:
- 223801138
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