by J. B. West
Dall, “Sistie,” 24, 310
Dall, “Buzzie,” 24
Daniel, Margaret Truman, 53, 57, 59, 62, 73, 74, 76, 79–80, 82, 87, 101, 102, 103, 110, 111, 115, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 139, 140, 141, 208, 310, 321, 360, 363
Daniels, Jonathan, 54
Davis, Leroy, 242 n.
Davison, Officer, 116
De Gaulle, Charles, 280
Delano, Laura, 48
Dewey, Thomas E., 101–2, 124
Dillon, Mrs. C. Douglas, 242 n.
Doud, John Sheldon, 132
Doud, Mrs. John S., 141, 158, 163, 164, 169, 360
Dougherty, Richard E., 106 n.
Downs, Officer, 117
Draper, Colonel William, 176
Dry, Sergeant, 166, 188
Duchin, Peter, 349
Duke, Angier Biddle, 257
Duke, Mrs. Angier Biddle, 288
Dulles, John Foster, 137, 138, 168, 174 n., 185
Du Pont, Henry Francis, 233, 242 ff., 297 n.
Early, Steve, 24, 25, 53, 54 Eastland, Jim, 320 Eden, Anthony, 169 n. Edgerton, Glen E., 106 n. Edinburgh, Duke of. See Philip, Prince Ehrlichman, John, 365 Ehrlichman, Mrs. John, 365 Eisenhower, Barbara, 162, 186, 310, 321 Eisenhower, Barbara Anne, 162–63 Eisenhower, David, 159, 162, 163, 354, 355, 356, 358 Eisenhower, Dwight David, 60, 90, 121, 124, 126, 129–33, 134–38, 139–44, 145–64, 165–69, 170–73, 174–78, 179–90, 229, 245, 271, 284, 301, 306, 354, 355, 363
Eisenhower, Dwight Doud, 162–63
Eisenhower, John, 162–63, 183, 321
Eisenhower, Julie Nixon, 354, 355, 356, 358
Eisenhower, Mamie, 11, 89, 126, 129–33, 134–38, 139–44, 145–64 165–69, 170–73, 174–78, 179–90, 192, 193–94, 196, 202, 210, 240, 254, 282, 283, 289, 292, 305, 306, 307, 342, 355, 363, 364, 365, 366
Eisenhower, Mary Jean, 162–63
Eisenhower, Milton, 174 n.
Eisenhower, Susan, 162–63
Elder, Bill, 251
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 41
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 120, 179–81
Ellender, Allen, 320
Engelhard, Charles, 339
Engelhard, Jane, 242 n., 297 n., 339, 345
Farouk, King, 361
Faubus, Orval, 182
Faure, Edgar, 169 n.
Felton, Janet, 233
Ficklin, Charles, 75, 133, 145, 146, 160, 194, 208, 212, 293 Ficklin, John, 208 Field, Mrs. Marshall, 297 n. Fields, Alonzo, 16, 75, 99, 113, 117, 131, 145 Fields, George, 24 Finley, David, 242 n., 244, 248 n. Fleischman, Mr. Lawrence, 245 n. Fleming, Gen., 53 Ford, Henry, II, 124, 338 Ford, Mrs. Henry, II, 242 n., 338–39 Fortas, Abe, 351 Fosburgh, James, 245 n., 297 n. Fox, Sandy, 259 Frankfurter, Felix, 35 Franklin, Benjamin, 252 Frederika, Queen of Greece, 41
Gallagher, Mary, 205 Gandhi, Mahatma, 361 Garr, Vietta, 82, 85, 140, 286 Gaspar, Master Sergeant, 73 Geaney, Victoria, 113 George, King of Greece, 41
Glynn, Paul, 290
Goldberg, Rube, 357
Gonella, Ashton, 284, 303, 305, 306
Graham, Billy, 307, 363
Graham, Kay, 347
Gregg, Lee, 286
Grosvenor, Melville Bill, 248 n.
Gruenther, General Alfred, 186
Hagerty, James, 174 n., 184
Hall, Leonard, 174 n.
Halle, Mrs. Walter, 245 n.
Haller, Henri, 327, 336–37, 356, 365
Halstead, Anna Roosevelt, 310. See also Boettiger, Anna Roosevelt Hamilton, Alexander, 252 Hamilton, George, 322 Hannegan, Robert, 62 Harding, Warren G., 332 Hardy, Tom, 79 Hare, Ray, 175, 208, 285 Harkness, Rebekah, 335 Harriman, Averell, 281, 288 Harriston (doorman), 192 Helm, Edith, 29, 42, 90, 93, 341 Hickok, Lorena, 21, 360 Hitler, Adolf, 33, 60 Hoban, James, 108 Hogue, Bette, 285 Holness, Wilma, 206, 218, 275 Hoover, Herbert, 61, 62, 229, 252, 362 Hoover, Irwin H. “Ike,” 9 Hoover, J. Edgar, 365 Hopkins, Diana, 24, 39, 42–43, 46 Hopkins, Harry, 14, 18, 24, 25, 29, 41, 42–43, 46 Hough, Nancy, 275 Hoving, Walter, 345 Hughes, Mrs. Everett, 161 n. Humphrey, George, 138, 171, 174 n. Humphrey, Hubert, 334, 355, 364 Humphrey, Mrs. Hubert, 355, 364 Huth, Hans, 240
Istomin, Eugene, 259
Jackson, Andrew, 46, 105, 106, 229, 277 Jacobson, Jake, 302 Jean-Paul (hairdresser), 274 Jefferson, Thomas, 97, 108, 252, 343
Jenkins, Beth, 322
Jett, T. Sutton, 248 n.
Johnson, John, 208
Johnson, Lady Bird (Claudia Taylor), 11, 231, 280, 283–300, 301–23, 324–30, 331–34, 335–45, 346–52, 353 ff., 364, 366, 368
Johnson, Luci. See Nugent, Luci Johnson
Johnson, Lynda. See Robb, Lynda Johnson
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 231, 280, 282, 283–300, 301–23, 324–30, 331–34, 335–45, 346–52, 354, 355, 360, 363 Johnson, Sam Houston, 305 Jones, Bobby, 137 Jones, W. Alton, 138 Juliana, Queen of Holland, 33, 41, 122
Kaltman, Mary, 310, 326, 327, 328–29, 336, 344, 356 Karitas, Joe, 288 Keefe, Frank B., 106 n. Keehn, Barbara, 256, 273 Kennedy, Caroline, 198, 202, 205, 216, 217, 218–19, 230, 264, 278–79, 321
Kennedy, Edward “Teddy,” 347
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 11, 191–203, 204–15, 216–35, 236–53, 254–67, 268–75, 276–82, 283 ff., 297 n., 298, 299, 301, 306, 307, 321, 325, 331, 342, 347, 357, 358, 363
Kennedy, John F., 191 ff., 204 ff., 216 ff., 236 ff., 254 ff., 268 ff., 276 ff., 283, 301, 360, 363
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 192, 198, 202, 205, 216, 217, 230, 264, 271, 272, 278, 279
Kennedy, Joseph, 212, 234–35, 360
Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier, 272
Kennedy, Robert, 277, 279, 280, 347, 350
Kennedy, Rose, 234
Kenneth, Mr., 274
Kensett, J. F., 252
Kent, Duke of, 33
Ketchum, James, 251, 275, 276, 279, 297, 298, 303, 310, 329, 345, 351, 358, 362
Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 16 Khrushchev, Nikita, 184–85, 217, 263 King, Admiral Ernest, 60 King, Martin Luther, 350 Kirsten, Lincoln, 258 Kissinger, Henry, 365 Kivets, Jerry, 342 Kung, Miss, 44
LaGuardia, Fiorello, 33, 36
Laird, Melvin, 365
Laird, Mrs. Melvin, 365
Lamotte, Bernard, 360
Lanin, Lester, 231
Lash, Joseph, 21, 22, 27, 37
Lasker, Mrs. Albert, 242 n., 244, 332, 339 Latrobe, Benjamin, 359 Leahy, Admiral William, 53 Lee, Richard Henry, 105 Lee, Robert E., 105 LeHand, Marguerite, 22–23 Lincoln Abraham, 105 Lincoln, Anne, 211, 233, 259, 265, 266, 325 Lincoln, Evelyn, 278 Lindbergh, Charles, 351 Lingo, Jane, 80 Lodge, Henry Cabot, 174 n. Loeb, John L., 242 n. Longworth, Mrs. Nicholas, 360, 365 Louvat, Ferdinand, 213, 275 Lovell, Dr. James, 104
MacArthur, General Douglas, 115, 118, 119 Macy, Louise, 41–43 Madison, Dolley, 99 Madison, James, 368 Malraux, André, 231 Marcus, Stanley, 245 n. Margaret, Princess, of England, 338 Marshall, General George, 36, 60 Martha, Princess, of Norway, 22 Martin, Edward, 106 n. Martin, Joseph, 53 Marx, Louis, 157 Mays, John, 48, 49, 80 McCaffree, Mary Jane, 173, 341 McCarthy, Joe, 114, 158, 168 McCormack, John, 53 McDuffie, Lizzie, 286
McInerney, James, 214
McKellar, Kenneth, 106 n.
McNamara, Robert, 320, 347
McNamara, Mrs. Robert, 347
McShain, John, 107
Mellon, Mrs. Paul, 242 n., 266, 282, 332, 347 Merrill, Robert, 338 Mesta, Perle, 109–10, 284, 299 Mielziner, Jo, 335 Miller, Earl, 31 Miller, Mrs. Pell, 161 n. Mink, John, 310 Moaney, Delores, 167, 188, 286 Moaney, Sergeant, 136, 141, 159, 162, 166, 286 Molotov, Vyacheslav M., 43, 60 Monroe, James, 29, 241, 362 Montgomery, Robert, 158 Moore, Elizabeth, 28 Moore, Ellen, 164, 187 Moore, Frances “Mike,” 161 n., 164, 187 Moore, Mamie, 164, 187 Morgenthau, Elinor, 30, 32 Morgenthau, Henry Jr., 14, 83 Morman, Lucinda, 211, 271, 279 Murphy, Chief, 92
Nelson, Pearl, 205, 212–13 Nesbitt, Henrietta, 16, 27, 28, 37, 43, 81, 82, 84, 325 Nixon, Julie. See Eisenhower, Julie Nixon Nixon, Pat, 11, 186–87, 353–61, 362–68 Nixon, Richard M., 138, 183, 186–87, 351, 353–61, 362–68 Nixon, Tricia. See Cox, Tricia Nixon Nu
gent, Patrick, 322, 346 Nugent, Lucy Johnson, 289, 295, 304, 320, 321–22, 346–47, 348–49 Nugent, Patrick Lyndon, 349
Odum, Reathel, 61, 74, 90, 110, 329 Ormsby-Gore, David, 232 Orr, Douglas William, 106 n.
Paley, Mrs. William S., 245 n. Parades, Providencia “Provy,” 205, 206–7, 210, 268, 285, 286
Patterson, Mrs. Robert, 89
Parish, Mrs. Henry, II, 197, 199, 201, 236, 242 n., 246, 358
Pearce, Lorraine, 249–51
Persons, General Wilton, 174 n.
Peter, King of Yugoslavia, 41
Philip, Prince, of England, 120, 179–81, 280
Pierce, Nelson, 285
Powell, Adam Clayton, 94–95
Powers, Dave, 235
Prettyman, Arthur, 24
Price, Vincent, 245 n.
Priscilla of Boston, 346
Pulitzer, Joseph, 245 n.
Pyle, Howard, 174 n.
Rabaut, Louis C., 106 n.
Radziwill, Lee, 233–34, 279
Radziwill, Stanislas, 279
Ramos, Ramon, 89
Rayburn, Sam, 53, 290
Redmond, Robert, 55, 114, 187
Rigdon, Lieutenant Commander William, 92
Robb, Charles, 348–49
Robb, Lynda Johnson, 289, 304, 306, 310, 320, 321–22, 340, 346, 348, 349, 363
Roberts, Clifford, 138
Robinson, Bill, 138, 186
Rogers, William, 364
Rogers, Mrs. William, 364, 365
Roosevelt, Anna. See Boettiger, Anna Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 11, 13–18, 19–34, 35–49, 51 ff., 77, 79, 82, 87, 89, 90, 122, 123, 136, 140, 141, 167, 237, 240, 271, 283, 295, 306, 341, 352, 358
Roosevelt, Elliott, 20, 37, 55
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 13–18, 19–34, 35–49, 51 ff., 76, 81, 88, 89, 101, 136, 204, 229, 252, 269, 276, 284, 301, 332, 358, 360, 363
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 20, 37
Roosevelt, Hall, 33
Roosevelt, James, 20, 47
Roosevelt, John, 15, 20, 37
Roosevelt, Mrs. John, 15
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 31
Roosevelt, Theodore, 86, 108, 133, 216, 252, 360
Ross, Charlie, 118
Rutherfurd, Lucy Mercer, 25–26
Salinger, Pierre, 214
Saltonstall, Mrs. Leverett, 89
Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 245 n.
Saragat, Giuseppe, 337
Schulz, Robert, 136, 162
Scott, Hazel, 95
Scouten, Rex, 208, 255, 285, 291, 366 Searles, Wilson, 15, 26, 56 Selassie, Haile, 272, 280 Sharpe, Mary, 84–85, 86, 113 Shaw, Maude, 198, 274 Shazar, Zalman, 347 Shea, George Beverly, 363 Shea, Gerald, 242 n. Shipp, Edgar, 258 Shriver, Sargent, 277 Slater, Ellis, 186 Smaltz, Mrs., 52 Smith, Helen, 139 Smith, Margaret Chase, 309 Smith, Warrie Lynn, 321 Snowden, Lord, 338 Snyder, Drucie, 80 Snyder, General Howard, 167, 171, 175, 183, 190 Snyder, Mrs. Howard, 161 n. Spessot, Julius, 212–14 Stalin, Joseph, 48, 60 Stephens, Thomas, 174 n. Stern, Isaac, 259 Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 53, 83 Stevenson, Adlai, 124, 125
Stimson, Henry L., 14, 83
Stone, Harlan F., 46, 53–54
Stout, Stewart, 157
Stover, Major, 230
Suber, Fate, 208
Suckley, Margaret, 48, 55
Summerfield, Arthur, 174 n.
Symington, James, 337
Taft, Charlie, 310
Taft, Helen, 360
Taft, William H., 105
Talmadge, Mrs. Herman, 306
Tartiere, Mrs. Raymond, 236–37
Thomas, Albert, 119
Thomas, George, 205, 206, 238, 281, 285, 286
Thompson, George, 133, 141
Thompson, Malvina “Tommy,” 23, 26–27, 29, 42
Tkach, Dr. Walter, 167, 175, 190
Truman, Bess, 11, 49, 51–79, 80–95, 96–115, 116–27, 131, 136, 142, 145, 160, 188–89, 210, 240, 271, 283, 305, 306, 328, 341, 358, 363
Truman, Harry, 45, 47, 51–79, 80–95, 96–115, 116–27, 136, 137, 138, 142, 160, 179, 199, 252, 269, 284, 301, 306, 307, 320, 328, 345, 354, 356, 359, 360, 361, 363, 367
Truman, Margaret. See Daniel, Margaret Truman
Truman, Vivian, 110
Tuckerman, Nancy, 232, 233, 264–65, 273, 275, 277, 281
Turnure, Pam, 205, 231, 264
Tully, Grace, 23, 24, 25
Udo Pedro, 328
Valenti, Jack, 302
Van Buren, Martin, 105
Van der Heuvel, Gerry, 364
Van Loon, Henrik, 16
Verdon, René, 199, 212, 232, 254, 258, 273, 294, 324–27
Victoria, Queen of England, 269
Wade (doorman), 116
Wallace, Henry, 44–45
Walker, John, 242 n., 248 n., 250, 252
Walker, Mabel, 113, 117, 142, 155, 157, 194, 198, 208, 209–11
Walker, Mrs. Walton, 161 n.
Wallace, Fred, 78, 110
Wallace, Henry, 83 Wallace, Margaret Gates, 61, 74, 81, 82, 116, 125, 329
Wallace, Mary, 76
Walton, William, 232, 276–77
Waring, Fred, 179, 185, 255
Warren, Earl, 138, 177, 306
Warren, Mrs. George Henry, 242 n. Warren, Whitney, 245 n.
Washington, George, 100
Washington, Martha, 252
Watson, Edwin “Pa,” 24, 25, 46, 55
Watson, Marvin, 302, 336–37, 343, 344, 364
Webster, Daniel, 105, 252
Webster, Mabel, 28, 123
West, Kathy, 157, 193, 346
West, Sally, 157, 346
West, Zella, 43, 51, 156, 166, 176, 275, 281, 348, 354, 366
Whitman, Ann, 131, 174
Whitney, “Jock,” 138
Wickard, Claude, 83
Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland, 41
Wilkinson, “Bud,” 365
Williams, Helen, 286
Wilson, Charles E., 138
Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, 341
Winchester, Lucy, 364
Wirth, Conrad, 248 n., 266
Woods, Rose, 129, 130, 140, 166, 181, 286, 289
Woodward, Stanley, 94
Woollcott, Alexander, 15–16
Wright, Annette, 80
Wright, Zephyr, 286, 296, 301, 307, 324–28
Wrightsman, Mrs. Charles, 242 n.
Young, “Rusty,” 258
Zurcher, Susette Morton, 245 n.
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