Finding my way
Subtitle: the autobiography of an optimist
By: Evelyn Stefansson Nef.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Francis Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Nef, Evelyn Stefansson, 1913-; Nef, Evelyn Stefansson, 1913- -- Friends and associates.; Linguists -- United States.; Psychotherapists -- United States.; Philanthropists -- United States.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A Brooklyn childhood; title: The loss of my parents; title: Trying my wings; title: Romany Marie's and Bucky Fuller; title: Life with Bil Baird; title: Making my way alone; title: Unexplored territory at the Stefansson Library; title: The beginning of a beautiful relationship; title: A brief history of Vilhjalmur Stefansson; title: A man of many talents; title: Dearing farm; title: World War II and the "Encyclopedia artica"; title: Becoming; title: Life in Hanover; title: The Lattimores and McCarthyism; title: Illness and professional growth; title: Paget's disease and "dying order"; title: Stef's death; title: Mrs. Stefansson goes to Washington; title: Meeting and marrying John Nef; title: Honeymoon and beyond; title: The Chagalls; title: A new home and new projects; title: Discovering psychotherapy; title: A new career late in life; title: John Nef's death; title: Philanthropy and life in the 1990s and beyond.