Peaches & Daddy
Subtitle: a story of the roaring twenties, the birth of tabloid media and the courtship that captured the heart and imagination of the American public
By: Michael M. Greenburg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781590200469
Subjects: Browning, Edward West; Heenan, Frances; Upper class -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Divorce -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Nineteen twenties; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945; United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932; United States -- History -- 1919-1933
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Peaches and Daddy :
Description: Traces the scandalous marriage between middle-aged Manhattan millionaire Edward Browning and fifteen-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan in 1926, and chronicles the courtroom drama of their divorce and their role in sparking tabloid journalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[323]-342).