Becoming Elizabeth Lawrence: Discovered Letters of a Southern Gardener

by Emily Wilson and Emily Herring Wilson

Book Overview

In 1927, Anne Preston Bridgers was the pride of her hometown in Raleigh, NC. The play, Coquette, which she co-wrote with George Abbott, was the toast of Broadway with Helen Hayes as its star. It was during this time that Elizabeth Lawrence and her family lived across the street from Anne's mother on Hillsborough Street. Elizabeth was a recent graduate of Barnard College who would go on to become the first female graduate in the landscape design program...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895873753
• ISBN13: 9780895873750
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.5"