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23774653 |
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MeVbMML |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2024025109 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781538751244 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9781538751237 |
| Qualifying information |
(ebook) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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n-us-dc |
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n-us-ri |
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n-us-ok |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
E840.8.4.M574 |
| Item number |
G67 2024 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
973.9/092 |
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B |
| Edition number |
23/eng/20240712 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gordon, Meryl, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19097 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The woman who knew everyone : |
| Remainder of title |
the power of Perle Mesta, Washington's most famous hostess / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Meryl Gordon. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's most famous hostess |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
2412 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Grand Central Publishing, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
pages cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Media type code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Carrier type code |
nc |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction Broadway Bound -- A Texas/Oklahoma Upbringing -- The Man of SteelGeorge Mesta -- Starting Over -- Oklahoma, Revisited -- Acts of Rebellion -- Perle Makes Feminist History -- The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets -- The Entertainer-in-Chief -- Democratic Party Stalwart -- Dewey Beats Truman? -- Just Reward, or Government by Crony? -- Advise and Consent -- Lost and Found in Luxembourg -- Call Me Madam -- I like Ike -- Divided Loyalties -- Goodbye Without Leaving -- From Royalty to Russia -- There's No Place Like Home -- Have Passport, Will Travel -- The World Traveler Recovers -- Windy City BluesThe Party Must Go On -- Fly Me to the Moon. -- All the Way (Or not at all) with LBJ -- A House is not a Home -- Alone Again -- Blame It on the Frug -- Tumultuous Times -- A World Turned Upside Down -- The Undaunted Feminist -- The Octogenarian Jetsetter -- "Perle, you're an event in the life of America." |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday - the 1940's, 50's and 60's - this extremely wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents - Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. After Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, Irving Berlin wrote an entire hit musical based on Perle's life - "Call Me Madam" - which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. Dubbed by Berlin as the "hostess with the mostess'," Perle inherited serious money (Texas oil) and married even more money (a Pittsburgh steel magnate). She had a rollicking life outside of Washington, befriending such Broadway legends as Merman, Angela Lansbury and Pearl Bailey. She also had a serious side. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment dating to the 1930's and influential champion for working women, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Truman's financially flailing 1948 campaign. In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perle's lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mesta, Perle, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1882-1975. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19098 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Truman, Harry S., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1884-1972 |
| General subdivision |
Friends and associates. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19099 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Eisenhower, Dwight D. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Dwight David), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1890-1969 |
| General subdivision |
Friends and associates. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19100 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Johnson, Lyndon B. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Lyndon Baines), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1908-1973 |
| General subdivision |
Friends and associates. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19101 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Ambassadors |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19102 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Socialites |
| Geographic subdivision |
Washington (D.C.) |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6299 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Socialites |
| Geographic subdivision |
Rhode Island |
| -- |
Newport |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19103 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Widows |
| Geographic subdivision |
Washington (D.C.) |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19104 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Washington (D.C.) |
| General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19105 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Oklahoma |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19106 |
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Book |