Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers, the American Heiress Who Taught the World About Style

"Burns makes it abundantly clear . . . they just don't make heiresses like Millicent Rogers anymore." —Hampton Sides

Nobody knew how to live the high life like Standard Oil heiress Millicent Rogers. Born to luxury, she lived in a whirl of European vacations, exquisite clothing, and dashing men.

In Searching for Beauty, Cherie Burns chronicles Rogers's rebellious life from her days as a young girl afflicted with rheumatic fever to her final days as one of the legendary chatelaines of New Mexi...