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John Marquand during his last years.

Index

Abigail Adams
,
252

A. D. Club, Harvard,
42
,
44
,
45
,
49

Adams, Samuel Hopkins,
136

Advertising, JPM in,
56
,
58

Africa, JPM's trip to,
293

The African Queen
,
252

Agassiz, Louis,
43

America First Committee,
134–36
,
148
,
170
,
186
; Adelaide in,
134–36
,
166
,
242
; anti-Semitism in,
135
; Lindbergh in,
135
,
136

American Association of Manufacturers,
103

American Bridge Company,
32

Anna (housekeeper at Kent's Island),
18

Anti-Semitism,
135
,
164
,
166
,
186
,
242

Argonne,
55

Artichoke River,
35
,
40
,
119

Aspen, Colo.,
19
,
20
,
127
,
154
,
157
,
177
,
209
,
252

Atchley, Dana,
118
,
246
,
278

Athenaeum, Boston,
87
,
155

Athens,
211

Atlantic Monthly
,
52
,
61
,
124
,
155
,
216

Auchincloss, Louis,
253

Austen, Jane,
88
,
180
,
185
;
Pride and Prejudice
,
88
,
90
,
180

Bacall, Lauren,
265

Bahamas,
19
,
23
,
127
;
see also
Treasure Island

Barry, Philip,
27
,
186

Basso, Hamilton,
The View from Pompey's Head
,
218

Battery A, Massachusetts Field Artillery,
52–54
,
72–73
,
162

Baumgarten, Bernice,
96
,
98
,
134
,
161

Beach, Sylvia,
66

Belmont, Mrs. August,
253

Benchley, Robert,
56
,
181

Bermuda, JPM with Brandts in,
81

Berry, Mr. (caretaker at Kent's Island),
254–55

Bessie, Aunt,
see
Marquand, Elizabeth

The Best Short Stories of 1927
,
71

Best Short Stories of the War
,
71

B. F.'s Daughter
,
195
,
198–200
,
282
; motion picture,
199
,
263
; sales,
199

Birmingham, Stephen, JPM's advice on manuscript,
9–11

Blaustein, Julian,
267

Bobbs-Merrill (publishers),
245

Bogart, Humphrey,
265

Book-of-the-Month Club,
203
,
215
,
221
,
242
,
277
;
H. M. Pulham, Esquire
in,
150
; JPM as judge,
177–82
,
200
,
219
,
255–57
,
287–88
,
293

Bosshard, Walter,
269

Boston: Athenaeum,
87
,
155
; Beacon Hill,
19
,
46
,
61
,
87
,
142
,
154
;
206
Beacon Street, Fiske's apartment,
62
,
87
,
90
; Charles Street, JPM's room,
62
; Chilton Club,
87
; Common,
19
; Commonwealth Avenue,
47
;
H. M. Pulham, Esquire
banned in,
149
; Holland Wine Company bar,
48
; JPM's article on, for
Holiday
,
233–38
,
259
; JPM's attachment to,
18–19
;
The Late George Apley
as novel of,
19
,
81
,
90
,
98–99
,
122
; Louisburg Square,
19
,
154
; 2 Mount Vernon Square, Christina's house,
162
; New Riding Club,
53
; Pinckney Street,
32
; Public Garden,
19
; Ritz-Carlton Hotel,
20–21
,
23–24
; social life,
46–47
; Somerset Club,
19
,
87
,
116
,
154
,
220
,
238
; Somerset Hotel,
47
; 43 West Cedar Street, “Gift Horse,”
61
,
64

Boston Symphony,
46

Boston Transcript
,
50
,
52
,
235–36

Botticelli, Sandro,
180

Bowes, Major,
241

Bowles, Chester,
134

Brady, Charles A.,
Fifty Years of the American Novel
,
216

Brandt, Carl,
80
,
85
,
106
,
110
,
115
,
133
,
136–37
,
139
,
171
,
243
,
252
; in Bermuda,
81
; and Carol's love affair with JPM,
145–47
,
157–58
,
176–77
,
184–85
; character,
76–78
,
137
; children,
137
,
176
,
184
,
276
; and Conney Fiske's article on JPM,
128–31
; death,
275
,
281
; drinking problem,
136
,
138
,
274–75
; early life,
77
; and
Holiday
article,
234–37
; illness,
226
,
229
,
276
; JPM in Bronxville with,
79
; JPM reads manuscripts for him,
9–10
; and JPM's divorce from Christina,
82
; on JPM's heart attack, telegram,
248
; at Kent's Island,
247
; and
The Late George Apley
,
96–98
; letters to Carol,
146–47
,
274–75
; literary agent for Drew Hill and Carol,
68
,
74
; literary agent for JPM,
58–63
,
160–61
,
185
,
228
,
234–38
,
264
,
267
,
269
; marriage,
78
; marriage problems,
136–38
,
274–76
; at Reservoir Street house,
17
,
18
,
20–24
,
253

Brandt, Carl, Jr.,
137
,
176–77
,
184
,
276
,
296
; in Europe,
268–71
; at Kent's Island,
279
; at Pinehurst,
242
,
291

Brandt, Carol (Mrs. Carl Brandt),
9–10
,
17
,
80
,
85
,
107
,
110
,
115
,
151–52
,
171
,
178
,
182
,
228
,
229
,
243
,
252
,
265
,
282
,
288
,
293
; in Bermuda,
81
; in Brandt & Brandt firm,
272
,
279
,
285
,
298–99
; children,
137
,
176
,
184
,
276
; engagement ring for Adelaide,
107
; in Europe with JPM,
268–72
; JPM dictates to,
70–71
,
75
,
79
,
174–75
; JPM in Bronxville with,
79
; and JPM's death,
296
; and JPM's divorce from Adelaide,
277–79
; and JPM's divorce from Christina,
81
; and JPM's trip to Europe,
211
; Kent's Island decorations,
254–55
; and
The Late George Apley
,
96
; letters from Carl,
146–47
,
274–75
; love affair with JPM,
139
,
141
,
145–47
,
153–54
,
158
,
163
,
167
,
174–77
,
184–85
,
242
,
246–47
,
257
,
279–81
; marriage,
78
; marriage problems,
136–38
,
274–76
; as Marvin Myles in
H. M. Pulham, Esquire
,
23
,
141
,
158
; as Mrs. Drew Hill,
see
Hill, Carol; at Pinehurst,
279
,
291
; and Pinehurst housekeeping,
285
; at Reservoir Street house,
17
,
20–24
,
253
; in
So Little Time
,
168
; third marriage,
296
,
298–99
; and Timothy Dexter book,
287

Brandt, Erd,
77
,
136

Brandt, Vicki,
137
,
176
,
184
,
276
,
296

Bronxville, N.Y., JPM with Brandts in,
79

Brookline, Mass.,
53

Brooks, Hazel,
225

Brooks, Van Wyck,
125

Brown, John Mason,
293
; on JPM's book criticism,
255

Bucks County, Pa.,
165

Bush, Vannevar,
162

Callaway, Harold,
240–41

Cambridge, Mass.,
34
; 7 Linden Street (rooming house),
47
,
48
; Mount Auburn Street (Gold Coast),
42
,
47
; 1 Reservoir Street (Adelaide's house),
17–24
,
251
,
253–55
,
283
,
297–98

Canby, Henry Seidel: in Book-of-the-Month Club,
177
,
255–56
; at Treasure Island,
222

Canfield, Cass,
44
,
203

Canfield, Dorothy,
177

Carroll, Leo G.,
187
,
188

Carson City, Nev.,
278

Cather, Willa,
216
,
218

Century Club, New York,
202
,
265

C'Est la Guerre: Best Short Stories of the World War
,
71

Channing, William Ellery,
38

Chaplin, Charles,
155

Chapman, John Jay,
43

Chelmsford, Hookers' estate,
104–6
,
166

China, JPM in,
79
,
102–3
,
108–10
,
269

Codman, Charley,
115

Collier's
,
161
,
228

Collins, Joan,
272

Colman, Ronald,
99

Colony Club, New York,
22

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies,
135

Commonweal
,
289

Conant, James Bryant,
48
,
150

Concord, Mass.,
32
,
75

Connecticut River,
76

Connelly, James J.,
209

Conrad, Joseph,
179

The Constant Nymph,
125

Coonley, Mrs. Avery,
103–4

Copeland, Charles Townsend,
47
,
125

Corinne (servant at Treasure Island),
221

Cosmopolitan
,
59
,
61
,
67
,
123
,
129
,
155
,
188

Cosmopolitan Club, New York,
104

Country Life
,
34

Cozzens, James Gould,
96

Crowther, Bosley,
99

Curzon, Mary (Great-Aunt Mary),
37–38
; in
Wickford Point
,
37
,
119

Curzon, Samuel,
35

Curzon's Mill,
35–41
,
59
,
73
,
77
,
117
,
126
,
142
,
291
,
299
; Aunt Greta's bequest,
203
; furniture, JPM and Adelaide take,
126–27
,
204
,
205
; JPM buried near,
295
; JPM offers to buy Hales' share,
204–6
; JPM's early life at,
35–41
,
59
,
73
,
77
; lawsuit, Hales versus JPM,
20
,
206–12
; Mill House,
126
,
204
,
205
,
210
; Philip Marquand at,
113
,
114
; Red Brick House,
35
,
113
,
126
,
204
,
205
,
210
; in
Wickford Point
,
36
,
37
,
119
,
130
; Yellow House,
35–39
,
40
,
126
,
203
,
205
,
210

Dallas Morning News
,
284

Davenport, Basil,
293

Davenport, Marcia,
268

Davis, Marjorie,
241
,
243
,
292
; in Africa,
292
; hopes to marry JPM,
296
; at Treasure Island,
221
,
224–25

Davis, Murray,
206

Day, John (publishers),
69

“The Day the General Returns” (unidentified story),
264

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