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Chargement... Ladies of the Brown : a women's history of Denver's most elegant hotelpar Debra B. Faulkner
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A collection of biographies of the women that visited, inhabited and worked at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. Short, but very interesting stories about famous and not famous women including a private duty nurse, an elevator operator and a historian that worked at the hotel. Easy to pick up and finish a story in a short time. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Travel.
Women's Studies.
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HTML:"Amusing and little-known anecdotes" about the hotel's female guests including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joan Baez, Helen Keller, and others (The Denver Post). Since the day it opened in 1892, Denver's Brown Palace Hotel has been the Mile High City's foremost destination for high-powered business travelers, celebrities, royalty and politicians. In Ladies of the Brown, hotel historian and archivist Debra B. Faulkner introduces readers to some of the hotel's most fascinating and famous female visitors, residents and employees. From Denver's "Unsinkable" Molly Brown and Romania's Queen Marie to Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mamie Eisenhower and many, many more, these intriguing characters play leading roles in true tales of romance, scandal, humor and heartbreak. This collection of stories is integral to the history of the Brown Palace and Denver, offering a glimpse into the lives of generations of women from all walks of life. "Crafted by Brown Palace historian and archivist Debra Faulkner, this well written, well-researched and thoroughly entertaining book presents amazing stories one can hardly believe are true." â??Colorado Country Life, "The Year's Best Books" "What fun we had learning about this amazing assortment of characters, all real, and this building so well-appointed and enduring." â??Mountain States Collector Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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