Description: Queen of Diamonds by Evalyn Walsh McLean, Joseph Gregory, Carol Ann Rapp The last and longest private owner of the Hope Diamond, Evalyn Walsh McLean purchased the diamond when she was only twenty-four; spent more than $200,000 on a fabulous honeymoon and ended up in a Paris hotel without enough money to pay the bill; wandered the gloomy rooms of her home imagining crawling reptiles while overcoming her morphine addiction; and stood in the rain wearing a fur coat and clutching the Hope Diamond as her beloved Washington Post was auctioned. The deep indigo stone is but a single facet of her rags-to-riches story. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The last and longest private owner of the Hope Diamond, Evalyn Walsh McLean led anything but an ordinary life. Evalyn grew up a poor girl in a rough Colorado mining town where her father discovered one of the largest gold mines in the United States. The newly wealthy family relocated to Washington, D.C., where she met and married Ned McLean, who inherited the renowned Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquirer. With the combined influence of the Walsh and McLean families, Evalyn developed friendships with the politically prominent in the nations capital and became the citys favorite hostess. Notorious for giving magnificent parties, she counted the Tafts, the Hardings, the Coolidges, Alice Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, and Ethel Barrymore among her many personal friends.The McLeans purchased the Hope Diamond when Evalyn was only twenty-four.Wagging tongues and the diamonds supposed curse did not, however, prevent her from wearing it. She lost the diamond a few times, too, once by putting it around her Great Danes neck. When she left the Hope Diamond to her grandchildren in 1947, it was worth two million dollars.Evalyn loved her diamonds, but she loved children, pets, and life more. The deep indigo stone is but a single facet of her story. Her autobiography, Father Struck It Rich, became a best-seller in the mid-thirties. Now illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, Queen of Diamonds is that autobiography with a foreword by her great-grandson and an epilogue describing the last decade of her life. Details ISBN157736192X Author Carol Ann Rapp Short Title QUEEN OF DIAMONDS Pages 332 Language English ISBN-10 157736192X ISBN-13 9781577361923 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY B Year 2000 Residence US Birth 1886 Death 1947 DOI 10.1604/9781577361923 Place of Publication Paducah, KY Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2000-09-05 UK Release Date 2000-10-19 Publication Date 2000-10-19 Subtitle The Fabled Legacy of Evalyn Walsh McLean Illustrations Insert of black-and-white photos Audience General US Release Date 2000-10-19 AU Release Date 2001-01-01 Publisher Providence House Publishers Imprint Providence House Publishers We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137534725;
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