An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew by Annejet van der Zijl. This memoir follows the life of a girl born in Jamestown, New York in 1871. She was the lower echelon of a well off family. But through marriage ended up living a wealthy life style, from the Gilded age through WWI, the roaring twenties, the depression and WWII and into the 1950s. Married 6 times, she moved in the circles of wealthy industrialist and European royalty just as the latter group was being pushed out of favor, but still retained the glamour of having titles. Throughout the ups and downs of the economy for almost a century she managed to avoid the pitfalls that so many others made. A great beauty when she was young, she grew into a smart and capable business woman.