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Peaches & Daddy : a story of the roaring twenties, the birth of tabloid media, and the courtship that captured the heart and imagination of the American public

Title
Peaches & Daddy : a story of the roaring twenties, the birth of tabloid media, and the courtship that captured the heart and imagination of the American public / Michael M. Greenburg.
Author
Greenburg, Michael M.
Publication
Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2008.

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352 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Traces the scandalous marriage between middle-aged Manhattan millionaire Edward Browning and fifteen-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan in 1926, and chronicles the courtroom drama of their divorce and their role in sparking tabloid journalism.
Alternative Title
Peaches and Daddy
Subject
  • Browning, Edward West, 1874-1934 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Browning, Peaches, 1910-1956 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Browning, Edward West, 1874-1934
  • Browning, Peaches, 1910-1956
  • Trials (Divorce) > New York (State)
  • Sensationalism in journalism > United States > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-342) and index.
ISBN
  • 9781590200469
  • 1590200462
LCCN
40016084400
OCLC
  • 223801138
  • ocn223801138
  • SCSB-5444476
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