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The button box [electronic resource] : a daughter's loving memoir of Mrs. George S. Patton / Ruth Ellen Patton Totten ; edited by James Patton Totten ; foreword by Carlo W. D'Este.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Totten, Ruth Ellen Patton, 1915-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals' spouses--United States--Biography.
- Generals' spouses.
- Mothers--United States--Biography.
- Mothers.
- Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953.
- Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer.
- Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953--Family.
- Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953--Marriage.
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.
- Patton, George S.
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945--Marriage.
- Patton family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Memoir of Beatrice Ayer Patton (1886-1953), the wife of General George S. Patton, Jr. The book covers Beatrice's life from her youth in New England until her death, with an emphasis on her years of marriage to George Patton"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- The Button Box
- Introduction
- Part I
- Chapter 1 Granfer Ayer and Ellie
- Chapter 2 "Like Birds on a Telephone Wire
- Chapter 3 Growing Up
- Chapter 4 The Pattons
- Chapter 5 Georgie
- Part II
- Chapter 6 Orange Blossoms
- Chapter 7 The Great War
- Chapter 8 Camp Meade and Fort Myer
- Part III
- Chapter 9 Schofield Barracks
- Chapter 10 Legendes Hawaiiennes
- Chapter 11 "The Debutante Racket
- Chapter 12 Hawaii Revisited
- Chapter 13 Trouble in Paradise
- Chapter 14 Europe Before the War
- Chapter 15 Visiting Firemen
- Chapter 16 Long Shadows
- Part IV
- Chapter 17 "A Helluva Way to Die
- Chapter 18 I Hide in Songs
- Chapter 19 Happy Days.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6465-4
- OCLC:
- 191953251
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