Finding my way : the autobiography of an optimist

Nef, Evelyn Stefansson 1913-2009 (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0966505158 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780966505153 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
x, 304 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Francis Press, c2002.

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A Brooklyn childhood -- The loss of my parents -- Trying my wings -- Romany Marie's and Bucky Fuller -- Life with Bil Baird -- Making my way alone -- Unexplored territory at the Stefansson Library -- The beginning of a beautiful relationship -- A brief history of Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- A man of many talents -- Dearing farm -- World War II and the "Encyclopedia artica" -- Becoming -- Life in Hanover -- The Lattimores and McCarthyism -- Illness and professional growth -- Paget's disease and "dying order" -- Stef's death -- Mrs. Stefansson goes to Washington -- Meeting and marrying John Nef -- Honeymoon and beyond -- The Chagalls -- A new home and new projects -- Discovering psychotherapy -- A new career late in life -- John Nef's death -- Philanthropy and life in the 1990s and beyond.