Description: Industrialist and the Diva : Alexander Smith Cochran, Founder of Yale's Elizabethan Club, and Madame Ganna Walska, Hardcover by Goffart, Walter, ISBN 0300255489, ISBN-13 9780300255485, Brand New, Free shipping in the US An animated account of the launching of Yale's Elizabethan Club, and the life of its founder and his intriguing wife A millionaire carpet manufacturer, noted philanthropist, and avid yachtsman, Alexander Smith Cochran, Yale Class of 1896, gathered a superb collection of original editions of plays and related works from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In 1911, with the help of William Lyon Phelps, Cochran launched Yale's Elizabethan Club as a place to house his collection and offer a congenial environment for social and intellectual interaction between Yale undergraduates, graduates, and faculty concerned with literature and the arts. Cochran's creation 'changed the tone and atmosphere of modern Yale' until the colleges arrived. Drawing on extensive sources, Walter Goffart surveys Cochran's life and many occupations, notably his founding of the 'Lizzie.' He also takes a close look at Cochran's intriguing wife of two years, Ganna Walska'the aspiring opera singer celebrated for developing the Lotusland gardens in Montecito, California.
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Book Title: Industrialist and the Diva : Alexander Smith Cochran, Founder of Yale's Elizabethan Club, and Madame Ganna Walska
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Topic: Rich & Famous, United States / 20th Century, Economics / General, Books & Reading
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 24.6 Oz
Author: Walter Goffart
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
