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Why did Mrs. Woodrow Wilson say to President Franklin D. Roosevelt "You're nothing but a common thief!" while sitting next to him at a State dinner at the White House? What were President Eisenhower and Pope John XXIII laughing about in a famous photograph (unexplained until now)? What is the truth behind the famous "Miss Hofmans Affair" that once rocked the Royal Family of the Netherlands? These are only a few of the questions answered in this fast-paced tale of an adventurous May-September marriage.
In 1950, a young artist, Allene Gaty, married a well established, middle-aged, very social historian/biographer, Alden Hatch. Learning to cope with life in the upper echelons while meeting such celebrated world figures as President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Pope John XXIII, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Clare Booth Luce, Buckminster Fuller, Henry Cabot Lodge and "Mrs." Admiral Byrd among many others gave Allene a challenging life. It also gave her a peek behind the curtain of history.
Author Bio: Allene Gaty Hatch was raised on a farm in the Hudson Valley. She was educated at the Museum of Modern Art, and at the Fashion Academy of New York City. She pursued a career in advertising art until her marriage to Alden Hatch, well known biographer, in 1950. She was his research assistant and illustrator for four of his biographies, Red Carpet for Mamie, The Circus Kings, The Life of Pope John XXIII, and Buckminster Fuller: At Home in the Universe.
Her first book, illustrated with her own cartoons, was called Menopause Can Be Fun. Her second book was a biography of Marjorie Merriwether Post. At present she lives in New York City.
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Bruce Leslie
reviewed The Best of Times on October 29, 2009 The Best of Times
Unlike Earhart's other works, 20 Hours, 40 Minutes and Last Flight, which focus on flight details and aircraft specifications, this one is about HER and her life and her love of flying. Amelia began her life in Kansas and she became a nurse, a car mechanic, a social worker, a photgrapher, and even an airline vice president before she became America's aviation sweetheart. In this book she tells about those occupations and the impacts they had on her life and choices. She also tells a funny tale here and there like the time she was sledding and barely missed a head on collision with a horse, going between its legs as luck would have it. Another funny tale (that also involves a horse) is when she had one as a passenger!
I got bored, however, when Earhart started about the weather bureau and went on a bit too much about the autogiro (helicopter today). The last quarter saves it from becoming a four star book tho. When today someone says the words "women in aviation" we immediately think about Amelia. Amelia generously hands out the credit tho. In the last quarter, Earhart talks about numerous women and their accomplishments in aviation including but not limited to Ruth Nichols, Elinor Smith, Bobby Trout, Anne Lindbergh, Phoebe Omlie, and even a historical great, Ruth Law. There is also a chapter devoted to the early days of hot air ballooning and the ladies involved.
This is a must read for any and all aviation buffs. I will be reading it again.
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