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The Resource American queen : the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War "Belle of the North" and gilded age woman of scandal, John Oller

American queen : the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War "Belle of the North" and gilded age woman of scandal, John Oller

Creator
Summary
In this beautifully written and meticulously researched biography, John Oller captures the tumultuous, passionate, and ultimately tragic life of Kate Chase Sprague, Mary Lincoln's ambitious rival
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxiii, 376 pages
Contents
  • The boy governor
  • Mrs. Lincoln's rival
  • Wedding of the decade
  • Part 2:
  • Mrs. Sprague.
  • "Imagine my disappointment"
  • "Our accomplished countrywoman"
  • "More unfitness day by day"
  • "I am told that she actually controls the entire affair"
  • "You have been most cruelly deceived"
  • Prologue: A woman in the arena
  • "I almost hate this man"
  • "She's capable of hitting him"
  • Some dared call it treason
  • End of an era
  • End of an empire
  • "Intended by their creator for each other"
  • "Mrs. Conkling is not here this winter"
  • "The Now notorious outbreak"
  • "The bird has flown"
  • Part 3:
  • Part 1:
  • Kate Chase again.
  • "A dinner with the queen"
  • "As much alone as Cleopatra"
  • Gilded Age woman
  • Stalwart woman
  • An unmarried woman
  • An independent woman
  • "What we have is good"
  • "None outshone her."
  • Miss Chase.
  • "Qualified to ornament any society"
  • "I shall strive to be first wherever I may be"
  • "How short then is this life!"
  • The belle of Columbus
  • The belle of Washington
Isbn
9780306822810
Instance
Label
American queen : the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War "Belle of the North" and gilded age woman of scandal
Title
American queen
Title remainder
the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War "Belle of the North" and gilded age woman of scandal
Statement of responsibility
John Oller
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In this beautifully written and meticulously researched biography, John Oller captures the tumultuous, passionate, and ultimately tragic life of Kate Chase Sprague, Mary Lincoln's ambitious rival
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Oller, John
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Sprague, Kate Chase
  • Chase, Salmon P.
  • Sprague, William
  • Chase, Salmon P.
  • Sprague, Kate Chase
  • Sprague, William
  • Socialites
  • United States
  • Personnalités
  • États-Unis
  • Politics and government
  • Socialites
  • United States
Label
American queen : the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War "Belle of the North" and gilded age woman of scandal, John Oller
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-361) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The boy governor
  • Mrs. Lincoln's rival
  • Wedding of the decade
  • Part 2:
  • Mrs. Sprague.
  • "Imagine my disappointment"
  • "Our accomplished countrywoman"
  • "More unfitness day by day"
  • "I am told that she actually controls the entire affair"
  • "You have been most cruelly deceived"
  • Prologue: A woman in the arena
  • "I almost hate this man"
  • "She's capable of hitting him"
  • Some dared call it treason
  • End of an era
  • End of an empire
  • "Intended by their creator for each other"
  • "Mrs. Conkling is not here this winter"
  • "The Now notorious outbreak"
  • "The bird has flown"
  • Part 3:
  • Part 1:
  • Kate Chase again.
  • "A dinner with the queen"
  • "As much alone as Cleopatra"
  • Gilded Age woman
  • Stalwart woman
  • An unmarried woman
  • An independent woman
  • "What we have is good"
  • "None outshone her."
  • Miss Chase.
  • "Qualified to ornament any society"
  • "I shall strive to be first wherever I may be"
  • "How short then is this life!"
  • The belle of Columbus
  • The belle of Washington
Control code
881387244
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxiii, 376 pages
Isbn
9780306822810
Lccn
2014012054
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651, 655
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)881387244
Label
American queen : the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War "Belle of the North" and gilded age woman of scandal, John Oller
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-361) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The boy governor
  • Mrs. Lincoln's rival
  • Wedding of the decade
  • Part 2:
  • Mrs. Sprague.
  • "Imagine my disappointment"
  • "Our accomplished countrywoman"
  • "More unfitness day by day"
  • "I am told that she actually controls the entire affair"
  • "You have been most cruelly deceived"
  • Prologue: A woman in the arena
  • "I almost hate this man"
  • "She's capable of hitting him"
  • Some dared call it treason
  • End of an era
  • End of an empire
  • "Intended by their creator for each other"
  • "Mrs. Conkling is not here this winter"
  • "The Now notorious outbreak"
  • "The bird has flown"
  • Part 3:
  • Part 1:
  • Kate Chase again.
  • "A dinner with the queen"
  • "As much alone as Cleopatra"
  • Gilded Age woman
  • Stalwart woman
  • An unmarried woman
  • An independent woman
  • "What we have is good"
  • "None outshone her."
  • Miss Chase.
  • "Qualified to ornament any society"
  • "I shall strive to be first wherever I may be"
  • "How short then is this life!"
  • The belle of Columbus
  • The belle of Washington
Control code
881387244
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxiii, 376 pages
Isbn
9780306822810
Lccn
2014012054
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651, 655
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)881387244

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