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Creator:
Griswold, Mac
Title(s):
I'll build a stairway to paradise : a life of Bunny Mellon / Mac Griswold.
Edition:
First edition.
Published/Created:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
xiv, 539 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library
CT275.M469122 G75 2022 (LC)
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The story of Bunny Mellon, the great landscape architect and interior designer, becomes a revelatory exploration of extreme wealth in the American century"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Terms:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
Gardeners -- United States -- Biography.
Gardeners.
Mellon, Bunny, 1910–2014.
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999, Mrs.
Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Philanthropists.
United States.
Upper class women -- United States -- Biography.
Upper class women.
Women gardeners -- United States -- Biography.
Women gardeners.
Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Women philanthropists.
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  • Childhood and family
  • The path to happiness
  • Bunny's new path
  • Oak Spring Farm in Virginia
  • Bunny and the Kennedys
  • A garden fit for a king
  • For everything there is a season
  • The garden library
  • Meetings and farewells.