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At the age of 13, she inherited a $100 million tobacco fortune. By the time she was 30, Doris Duke had lavished millions on her lovers and husbands. An eccentric and maverick, Duke's intimate circle of friends included Jacqueline Onassis, Malcolm Forbes, Truman Capote, Errol Flynn and Andy Warhol. 16 pages of photos.
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At her father's death in the 1920s, the press tagged Doris Duke "the richest girl in the world". This biography offers a glimpse into a world where pain and boredom are the only enemies, and money is the whip that keeps them at bay. 8 pages of photographs.
Murphys is a bustling little town in the foothillsa town so popular that it wont be little for long. Its a favorite for weekend jaunts, and home to an eclectic group of people attracted by the natural surroundings, laid-back lifestyle, and, increasingly, world-class wineries. Originally named for the trading camp of John and Daniel Murphy, the area became a boomtown during the Gold Rush, and later hosted such notables as Mark Twain, Black Bart, Ulysses S. Grant, and Horatio Alger. Nearby, the majestic stands of redwood at Calaveras Big Trees State Park stand sentinel over the gullies and ranches of this area, which has changed much since the 1800s but still retains its compelling forested beauty.
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In this biography of Albert A. Michelson (1852-1931), his daughter shares personal reminiscences, describes her father’s family life — two wives, six children, and a strong temperament — and follows Michelson from his birth in Poland to Jewish parents to the United States where his parents brought him at the age of three, settling in a gold-rush town in Nevada and then in San Francisco. Michelson graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1873, studied in Europe, taught at Clark University, and was head of the department of physics at the University of Chicago from 1894 to 1929. Michelson’s passion was the accurate measurement of the speed of light. In his first experiment, he found it t...
This "Supplement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress" lists all genealogies in the Library of Congress that were catalogued between 1972 and 1976, showing acquisitions made by the Library in the five years since publication of the original two-volume Bibliography. Arranged alphabetically by family name, it adds several thousand works to the canon, clinching the Bibliography's position as the premier finding-aid in genealogy.
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