Tag Archives: Gilded Age

Love, Fiercely – Manhattan Romance in the Gilded Age

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Edith Minturn’s face was immortalized as the “New American Girl” in a portrait by a John Singer Sargent, and she was the model for the famous 65 foot high statue of Daniel Chester French’s Republic displayed at the 1893 Chicago … Continue reading →

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American Heiress

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Do you ever wonder what happened to the Prince and Sleeping Beauty after “they live happily ever after”?  Daisy Miller’s American Heiress marries her heroine to the Duke of Wareham in the first 100 pages; the rest of the book … Continue reading →

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