Eleanor of Palm Beach
by Pryor Hubert
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Author: Pryor HubertEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2002-09
ISBN: 1401066283
Number of pages: 145
Publisher: Xlibris Corp
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Book Review: Brief view of interesting lives
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a brief biography of American writer Eleanor Chase (1903-1944) and her husband Palm Beach architect Maurice Fatio (1897-1943).
The book is based upon the correspondence and papers of Eleanor Chase, now held by her daughter.
The strengths of the book are threefold: Eleanor's early mentoring by Robert Benchley and other members of the Algonquin Round Table, her quoted writing (particularly the witty poems she wrote for her children after her evenings out) and the early deaths of both Maurice and Eleanor. Quite frankly the rest of the book is extremely sparse. Their mature years, after Eleanor's early success had faded and Fatio was busy building houses, are uneventful in this telling.
This book will serve as an introduction to their characters. Clearly these were interesting people with an interesting circle of friends. Hopefully, with Eleanor's papers, there can be a fuller joint biography at a future date.
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