Peaches & Daddy : a story of the roaring twenties, the birth of tabloid media, and the courtship that captured the heart and imagination of the American public / Michael M. Greenburg.
2008
KF228.B775 G74 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Peaches & Daddy : a story of the roaring twenties, the birth of tabloid media, and the courtship that captured the heart and imagination of the American public / Michael M. Greenburg.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781590200469
1590200462
1590200462
Publication Details
Woodstock, NY ; New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
352 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
KF228.B775 G74 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
346.7301/66
346.7301
346.7301
Summary
Traces the scandalous marriage between middle-aged Manhattan millionaire Edward Browning and fifteen-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan in 1926, and chronicles the courtroom drama of their divorce and their role in sparking tabloid journalism.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-342) and index.
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