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Emily Post: Daughter Of The Gilded Age, Mistress Of American Manners (2008)

by Laura Claridge(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0375509216 (ISBN13: 9780375509216)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House

review 1: Quite a good biography! Emily was a bit of a historian's or biographer's dream; she kept obsessively detailed records even though she claimed not to keep a "diary". The job of figuring out what she prioritized in her daily life, who and what she valued, how she felt, was probably more a matter of weeding through far too much material than hunting for anything to go on. If you only know Emily Post by reputation as a fussy old-fashioned purveyor of rules about forks, try this or "By Motor to the Golden Gate", her 1915 travelogue with which I became totally obsessed. She's hilarious, witty, and practical.
review 2: When I had envisioned Emily Post, who I only knew as an authority on etiquette, I saw a dull matron who delights in scolding those around her. I found ... morethis while searching for books on the Gilded Age, a period i have been casually studying for the few years. My preconceived notions could not have been further from reality. Emily Post lived a fascinating life, helped by being the only child of wealthy parents who ran with Mrs. Astor's 400. Hardly stuffy or critical, Emily believed in hard work and kindest and practiced what she preached. My only complaint is the book is very long. less

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