The Best of Times

ISBN: 0595092837

Author: Hatch, Allene

Condition: New

Product DescriptionWhy did Mrs. Woodrow Wilson say to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, "You're nothing but a common thief!" while sitting next to him at a State dinner at the White House? What were President Eisenhower and Pope John XIII laughing about in a famous photograph? (unexplained until now) What is the truth behind the famous 'Miss Hofmans Affair' that once rocked the Royal Family of the Netherlands? These are only a few of the questions answered in this fast-paced tale of an adventurous May-September marriage. In 1950, a young artist, Allene Gaty, married a well established, middle-aged, very social historian/biographer, Alden Hatch. Learning to cope with life in the upper echelons while meeting such celebrated world figures as President and Mrs. Dweight D. Eisenhower, Pope John XXIII, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Clare Booth Luce, Buckminster Fuller, Henry Cabot Lodge and 'Mrs. Admiral' Byrd among many others gave Allene a challenging life. It also gave her a peek behind the curtain of history.About the AuthorAllene Gaty Hatch was raised on a farm in the Hudson Valley. She was educated at the Museum of Modern Art, and at the Fashion Academy of New York City. She pursued a career in advertising art until her marriage to Alden Hatch, well known biographer, in 1950. She was his research assistant and illustrator for four of his biographies, Red Carpet for Mamie, The Circus Kings, The Life of Pope John XXIII, and Buckminster Fuller: At Home in the Universe. Her first book, illustrated with her own cartoons, was called Menopause Can Be Fun. Her second book was a biography of Marjorie Merriwether Post. At present she lives in New York City.