{"product_id":"edith-the-rogue-rockefeller-mccormick-9780809337903","title":"Edith  The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChicago's quirky patron saint. This thrilling story of a daughter of America's foremost industrialist, John D. Rockefeller, is complete with sex, money, mental illness, and opera divas–and a woman who strove for the independence to make her own choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Edith Rockefeller was the most intelligent, creative, and misunderstood of John D.’s children. \u003cb\u003eIn this well-researched and nuanced biography, Ross recounts how Edith’s determination, boldness, and sheer will defied her patriarchal family.\u003c\/b\u003e Her belief in a socially responsible life led to significant contributions in medicine, philosophy, psychology, and the civic life of Chicago. The arc of her life reveals startling shifts certain to surprise and engage the reader.”—\u003cb\u003eClarice Stasz\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEdith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick\u003c\/i\u003e is a revealing and captivating account that illuminates the significance and the originality of my great-grandmother. Fascinating!”—\u003cb\u003eA descendant of Edith Rockefeller McCormick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Andrea Friederici Ross has brought fresh light to the story of the powerful Rockefeller family through the life of John D.’s daughter Edith. Raised in a strict Baptist household where her mother, Laura Spelman, carried on John’s prescription of severe thriftiness despite enormous wealth, Edith liberated herself through marriage to another wealthy heir, Harold McCormick. Extravagant in the extreme and often in debt, the power couple lived a peripatetic life marked alternatively by great joy and tragedy, excessive spending and generous philanthropy. Ross masterfully weaves in the family’s struggles with mental illness and their pursuit of treatment through the new field of psychoanalysis and old-fashioned quackery. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdith \u003c\/i\u003etakes us into the world of early twentieth-century industrial capitalists and a new generation of modern women seeking to reshape America and claim their place. A captivating read!\u003c\/b\u003e”—\u003cb\u003eKate Clifford Larson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowing Up Rockefeller 1872-1888\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prince of McCormick Reaper 1888-1895\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrickle Down Edith 1896-1899\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Show Must Go On 1900-1904\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDangers 1905-1910\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrand Causes 1909-1911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrying to Stay Sane 1911-1913\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA New Father Figure 1913-1914\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn for the Long Haul 1915-1916\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsychological Club 1916-1917\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Family in Tatters 1917-1920\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrying to Find a Way Home 1919-1921\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Her Own 1921-1922\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Year in the Life 1922-1923\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePartnership 1921-1925\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElder Stateswoman 1925-1928\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull Steam Ahead, Blindly 1926-1928\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisaster 1928-1932\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath 1932\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAftermath 1932\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cli\u003e","brand":"MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038240342359,"sku":"9780809337903","price":24.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780809337903.jpg?v=1750939612","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/edith-the-rogue-rockefeller-mccormick-9780809337903","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}