Table of Contents
All Illustrations Bunny Mellon
Chapter 1 President Kennedy Has a Request 1
Chapter 2 Fifty Summers Later 9
Chapter 3 The Auction of the Decade 14
Chapter 4 Childhood Treasures: A Bottle and a Book 27
Chapter 5 The Making of a Young Gardener 43
Chapter 6 Tally-Ho in Virginia 54
Chapter 7 The Debutante Dances Through the Depression 67
Chapter 8 A Courteous Girl and a Thorough Gentleman 77
Chapter 9 Paul Mellon's Rebellion 88
Chapter 10 The War Years 107
Chapter 11 Millions of Reasons to Remarry 127
Chapter 12 The Best-Dressed List 151
Chapter 13 A Constant Gardener 171
Chapter 14 The Best Friends 191
Chapter 15 A Rose by Any Other Name 205
Chapter 16 November 22, 1963 221
Chapter 17 Carrying On 229
Chapter 18 1968 253
Chapter 19 Paul and Bunny in Love-with Others 267
Chapter 20 The Spending of a Robber Baron Fortune 285
Chapter 21 The Book Stops Here 309
Chapter 22 Entertaining the Royals (Again) 331
Chapter 23 Exits and Entrances 355
Chapter 24 Enduring the Unendurable 377
Chapter 25 A Perilous Political Affair 399
Chapter 26 The FBI Makes House Calls 420
Chapter 27 Everything Should Be Noticed 438
Acknowledgments 453
Reading Group Guide 461
Sources 467
Bibliography 501
Index 505