Kid Carolina : R.J. Reynolds, Jr., a tobacco fortune, and the mysterious death of a Southern icon / Heidi Schnakenberg
Object Details
- Author
- Schnakenberg, Heidi
- Subject
- Reynolds, R. J (Richard Joshua) 1906-1964
- Reynolds, R. J (Richard Joshua) 1850-1918 Family
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Contents
- The patriarch -- Favorite son -- Life after R.J. -- Crashing with the stock market -- Tragedy at Reynolda -- Love, yachts, and politics -- Love and war -- Destiny calls -- Dick and Muriel's secret affair -- On the run -- Return to Sapelo Island -- Cracks in the romance -- Le divorce -- Winston-Salem society -- Smith -- Things fall apart -- Darien -- North Carolina's Prince of Wales : the mystery
- Summary
- An intimate look at the dramatic, tumultuous life and mysterious death of Dick Reynolds--tobacco fortune heir, business tycoon, cultural obsession, and true American icon.
- 2010
- C2010
- Type
- Biography
- Physical description
- xiv, 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm
- Place
- United States
- North Carolina
- Winston-Salem (N.C.)
- Sapelo Island (Ga.)
- Title
- R.J. Reynolds, Jr., a tobacco fortune, and the mysterious death of a Southern icon
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Businessmen
- Heirs
- Philanthropists
- Politicians
- Record ID
- siris_sil_938971
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
