Peaches & Daddy

By Michael M. Greenburg

Subjects: Trials (Divorce), Biography, Trials, litigation, Upper class, Divorce, Nineteen twenties, Sensationalism in journalism, Social life and customs, Social conditions, History, Journalism

Description: Traces the scandalous marriage between middle-aged Manhattan millionaire Edward Browning and fifteen-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan in 1926, and chronicles the courtroom drama of their divorce and their role in sparking tabloid journalism.