Five sisters : the Langhornes of Virginia / James Fox.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Fox, James, 1945-

Contributor:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

• Langhorne sisters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Langhorne family.
• Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964.
• Brand, Phyllis, 1880-1937.
• Virginia--Biography.
• Americans--Great Britain--Biography.
• Americans.
• Great Britain.
• Virginia.
• Great Britain--Biography.
• United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
• United States.
• Manners and customs.
• Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• Biographie.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, [2000]

Summary:

A biography of Lizzie, Irene, Nancy, Phyllis, and Nora Langhorne, daughters of a Virginia railroad man, who became prominent figures in high society from the end of the Civil War through the Second World War.

Contents:

• The Langhornes
• Mr. Langhorne's rock
• Mrs. Langhorne's violet lunch
• Mr. Shaw and Mr. Brooks
• Going back in the boats
• Nancy and the Astors
• Nancy the good
• Conquering society
• The marriage of Nora
• The returning pilgrim
• Phyllis and the captain
• Bright young men
• Fly sickness
• Outbreak of war
• Trenches
• Dear Mr. Brand
• The men in the room
• Writing from school
• The Right Honourable Nancy Astor, MP
• Nancy the ringmaster
• The boy problem
• Nora's garden of roses
• Winkie and the Jazz Age
• Nancy to Moscow, Bobbie to jail
• Papa wants a little gun
• Scott Fitzgerald's intimate strangers
• A shovel in the post
• Alone in the universe
• Cockburn's "Cliveden set"
• Fort Augustus.

Notes:

• Previously published as: The Langhorne sisters. 1998.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-480) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

• 0684808129
• 9780684808123

OCLC:

42022327

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description