TY - BOOK AU - Powell,Ted TI - King Edward VIII: an American life SN - 9780198795322 PY - 2018/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Windsor, Edward, KW - Public opinion KW - United States KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index; Introduction; An American Love Affair --; 1; Edward VIII and the Birth of the American Century --; 2; The Prince and the Doughboys, 1918-1919 --; 3; A New World: Edward's Tour of North America, 1919 --; 4; Jazzin' Around: Panama, San Diego, and Hawaii, 1920 --; 5; The EP Ranch: A Fantasy of Escape --; 6; An Englishman in New York, 1924 --; 7; 'The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans': Edward and the American Media --; 8; Luckiest of Females: The Prince and American Women --; 9; David against Edward --; 10; Inner Emigration: The Americanization of a Prince --; 11; 'The Great Catastrophe': The Prince, the Depression, and the USA --; 120; Wallis --; 13; 'The Greatest Story since the Crucifixion': America and the Abdication --; 14; The Frog Prince: The Windsors in Exile, 1937-1945 --; Epilogue; A Fly in Amber, 1945-1972 N2 - Before he fell in love with Wallis Simpson, Edward VIII had fallen in love with America. Edward's fascination with America was not unreciprocated. America was equally fascinated by the Prince, especially his love life, and he became an international media celebrity through newsreels, radio, and the press ER -