American empress : the life and times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

A Midwestern millionaire's daughter. "A healthy, hearty, and handsome girl"

"There's a reason"

A Battle Creek girlhood

"A little like playing house with dolls"

"Twenty-seven boils"

The matron. The bride

"It wasn't done that way"

The Postum Cereal Company heiress

Daring propositions

Palm Beach days, and nights. It was "quite a place"

Voracious appetites

"Such scrambling as we did!"

Mar-a-lago

Depressions. "Despite the forty added summers"

"Lady Bountiful"

A mere clash of wills

Ambassadress to the Soviet Union. Mrs. Joseph Davies

First "Ambassadress" to the Soviet Union

"An invaluable asset to this mission"

Mission fulfilled

Capital hostess. "Since I have no son ... I will offer the Sea Cloud"

Transformations

The Duchess of the District of Columbia

Vital contributions

For the common good. Mrs. Herbert May

"Her step is firm, her stamina discouraging"

Careful housekeeping

Twilight in friendship garden