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Some families are synonymous with the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: the Vanderbilts, the LaFollettes, the Roosevelts, and the Astors to name a few. Dr. David Patterson joins the show to remind us of another dynasty: the Pinchots, a reform-minded, Presbyterian family that held sway in Washington and Pennsylvania from the Civil War to the Kennedy administration.
Essential Reading:
David Patterson, The Pinchots: A Family Saga (2023).
Recommended Reading:
Nina Burleigh, A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer (1998).
Bibi Gaston: The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter’s Search for Home (2008).
Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism (2001).
Gifford Pinchot, Breaking New Ground (1947).
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Some families are synonymous with the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: the Vanderbilts, the LaFollettes, the Roosevelts, and the Astors to name a few. Dr. David Patterson joins the show to remind us of another dynasty: the Pinchots, a reform-minded, Presbyterian family that held sway in Washington and Pennsylvania from the Civil War to the Kennedy administration.
Essential Reading:
David Patterson, The Pinchots: A Family Saga (2023).
Recommended Reading:
Nina Burleigh, A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer (1998).
Bibi Gaston: The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter’s Search for Home (2008).
Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism (2001).
Gifford Pinchot, Breaking New Ground (1947).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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