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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, Bowden Broadwater and Michael Macdonald were indispensable sources of in-depth information on my parent’s lives and times. The following people, some now unfortunately deceased, have given me substantial help: Richard Bailey, Bing Bingam, Jonathan Bishop, Gail Cohen, Wendy Hackett, Jack and Marty Hall, Ruth Hatch, Betsey J. Patterson, Elizabeth Groom, Penelope Jencks, Alexandra Kimball, Anna Matson-Hamburger, Mary Meigs, Andrea Petersen-Chermayeff, Ken and Jean Rose, Henry Thornton, Peter and Gloria Watts, Adelaide, Charles, and Daniel Walker, Tom Wallace, and Dan Waterman. I also owe a debt of thanks to Patricia Willis at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and to Ronald Patkus at the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections. They and their accommodating staff did everything possible to facilitate my research. My daughter, Sophia Wilson, and my wife, Natsuko, have made important contributions: reading or copying the manuscript at various stages, making critical suggestions, and motivating me to persevere. Finally, I would like to thank Richard Pult, my editor, for bringing this project to fruition. ...

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