![]() ![]() ![]() And at twenty-two with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend, William MacDonald Gower. Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. Her father William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in American, and not above bribing his way into the Senate. ![]() Amazon B&N iBooks IndieBoundīorn in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family’s 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon’s family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands of pages of her letters, diaries and appointment calendars and has interviewed more than 175 people to capture the spirit of this talented American original. A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion.īunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. ![]()
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