American queen
Subtitle: the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War "Belle of the North" and gilded age woman of scandal
By: John Oller
Publisher: Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780306822803
Subjects: Socialites; Politics and government; Biography
Description: In this beautifully written and meticulously researched biography, John Oller captures the tumultuous, passionate, and ultimately tragic life of Kate Chase Sprague, Mary Lincoln's ambitious rival.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 353-361) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A Woman in the Arena -- -- Part 1.; title: Miss Chase -- -- 1.; title: "Qualified to Ornament Any Society" -- -- 2.; title: "I Shall Strive to Be First Wherever I May Be" -- -- 3.; title: "How Short Then Is This Life!" -- -- 4.; title: The Belle of Columbus -- -- 5.; title: The Belle of Washington -- -- 6.; title: The Boy Governor -- -- 7.; title: Mrs. Lincoln's Rival -- -- 8.; title: Wedding of the Decade -- -- Part 2.; title: Mrs. Sprague -- -- 9.; title: "Imagine My Disappointment" -- -- 10.; title: "Our Accomplished Countrywoman" -- -- 11.; title: "More Unfitness Day by Day" -- -- 12.; title: "I Am Told That She Actually Controls the Entire Affair" -- -- 13.; title: "You Have Been Most Cruelly Deceived" -- -- 14.; title: "I Almost Hate This Man" -- -- 15.; title: "She's Capable of Hitting Him" -- -- 16.; title: Some Dared Call It Treason -- -- 17.; title: End of an Era -- -- 18.; title: End of an Empire -- -- 19.; title: "Intended by Their Creator for Each Other" -- -- 20.; title: "Mrs. Conkling Is Not Here This Winter" -- -- 21.; title: "The Now Notorious Outbreak" -- -- 22.; title: "The Bird Has Flown" -- -- Part 3.; title: Kate Chase Again -- -- 23.; title: "A Dinner with the Queen" -- -- 24.; title: "As Much Alone as Cleopatra" -- -- 25.; title: Gilded Age Woman -- -- 26.; title: Stalwart Woman -- -- 27.; title: An Unmarried Woman -- -- 28.; title: An Independent Woman -- -- 29.; title: "What We Have Is Good" -- -- 30.; title: "None Outshone Her" --; title: Epilogue --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Notes --; title: Selected Bibliography --; title: Index --; title: Photographs following page.