Uncommon Lives : My Lifelong Friendship with Margaret Mead,9780847693788

Uncommon Lives : My Lifelong Friendship with Margaret Mead

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ISBN13: 9780847693788
ISBN10: 0847693783
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Natl Book Network
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Summary

In this vivid and deeply personal portrait of Mead's brilliance, foibles, humor and her private reactions to friends and enemies, Uncommon Lives traces the intertwined lives of two remarkable women.

Author Biography

Patricia Grinager has held positions as associate professor at the University of Delaware and the University of Wisconsin, and at Columbia University as the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid and Dean of Students for the School of General Studies. She currently resides in Palo Alto, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Dana Raphael
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Two Women Meet
1(14)
Working at the American Museum of Natural History
15(18)
Margaret Mead, Teacher
33(18)
On the Lecture Trail
51(14)
A Palo Alto Houseguest
65(30)
Margaret Mead, Employment Agent
95(26)
She Belongs to Everybody
121(34)
Shadowing Her in Mexico
155(26)
She Refused to Be Labeled Terminal
181(56)
She Never Said Good-bye
237(26)
Index 263(10)
About the Author 273

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