![]() ![]() ![]() By the age of eighteen, when she was first introduced into Boston society, Beatrice had matured into a confident, independent, strong-willed woman. Growing up in wealth and privilege, Beatrice Ayer was an accomplished equestrian, a skilled racing sailor, a talented musician and songwriter, and later in her life, a published author. Ruth Ellen Patton Totten’s The Button Box is an engaging memoir of the life of an extraordinary woman: her mother, Beatrice Banning Ayer, who was the daughter of Frederick Ayer, a self-made New England millionaire entrepreneur. Here is the foreword I wrote for the book: Patton.Ĭlick here to read Part 1: A Very Special Lady UMP loved it and elected to publish it in 2005 as The Button Box: A Daughter’s Loving Memoir of Mrs. I contacted her and recommended Ruth Ellen’s manuscript for publication. UMP had for many years published very high quality books, and it helped that I knew the editor-in-chief, Beverly Jarrett, for whom I had previously worked. I was asked for advice and after determining that the best chance for publication lay with a university press, recommended the University of Missouri Press. For some years the family kept her biography of her mother within the family until one day in 2004 when I received an e-mail from James Patton Totten that revealed his interest in seeing his mother’s story published. Last month I told the story of Patton’s daughter, Ruth Ellen Totten, and how she changed my life. A Very Special Lady Part 2 By Carlo D'Este ![]()
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