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Author Totten, Ruth Ellen Patton, 1915-

Title The button box : a daughter's loving memoir of Mrs. George S. Patton / Ruth Ellen Patton Totten ; edited by James Patton Totten ; foreword by Carlo W. D'Este
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 388 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Foreword -- The Button Box -- Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 1 Granfer Ayer and Ellie -- Chapter 2 ""Like Birds on a Telephone Wire"" -- Chapter 3 Growing Up -- Chapter 4 The Pattons -- Chapter 5 Georgie -- Part II -- Chapter 6 Orange Blossoms -- Chapter 7 The Great War -- Chapter 8 Camp Meade and Fort Myer -- Part III -- Chapter 9 Schofield Barracks -- Chapter 10 Legendes Hawaiiennes -- Chapter 11 ""The Debutante Racket"" -- Chapter 12 Hawaii Revisited -- Chapter 13 Trouble in Paradise -- Chapter 14 Europe Before the War -- Chapter 15 Visiting Firemen
Chapter 16 Long Shadows -- Part IV -- Chapter 17 ""A Helluva Way to Die"" -- Chapter 18 I Hide in Songs -- Chapter 19 Happy Days
Summary "Memoir of Beatrice Ayer Patton (1886-1953), the wife of General George S. Patton, Jr. The book covers Beatrice's life from her youth in New England until her death, with an emphasis on her years of marriage to George Patton"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953.
Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953 -- Family
Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953 -- Marriage
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 -- Marriage
Patton family.
SUBJECT Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953 fast
Patton family fast
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 fast
Subject Generals' spouses -- United States -- Biography
Mothers -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Families
Generals' spouses
Marriage
Mothers
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Totten, James Patton, 1947-
ISBN 0826264654
9780826264657
9780826215765
0826215769