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Griswold, Mac K.,

I'll build a stairway to paradise : a life of Bunny Mellon / Mac Griswold. - First edition. - xiv, 539 pages : illustrations, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"The story of Bunny Mellon, the great landscape architect and interior designer, becomes a revelatory exploration of extreme wealth in the American century"--

ISBN: 9780374279882 0374279888

LCCN: 2022023649

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mellon, Paul, Mrs.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Upper class women--United States--Biography.
Gardeners--United States--Biography.
Women gardeners--United States--Biography.
Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
Women philanthropists--United States--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.