New York: Gridiron Publishers, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, 310 pages. Illustrations. Index. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads, To Martha and Ken, With so many good wishes and shared memories of Happy Times in NYC and Westhampton. Enjoy April 1, 05 Phil Gates. DJ has slight wear and edge wrinkling. Phil Gates has told her story of her active career as a lawyer and the wife of one, both also intrepid sponsors of public causes, and its companion piece, the tale of her private existence as a wife, mother, world traveler and friend of the great and near great, in such a way as to blend an insightful picture of twentieth century America with the joyful example of how to lead life to its fullest. In this book, she presents a refreshing family memoir, tracing her family's history from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. She chronicles a loving family found in the melding of old library records, personal diaries, and hand-me-down tales of a southern girl who became one of the early women lawyers in the country. In this book, Philomene Gates presents a refreshing family memoir, tracing her family's history from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. She chronicles a loving family found in the melding of old library records, personal diaries, and hand-me-down tales of a southern girl who became one of the early women lawyers in the country. Southern belle, lawyer with a strong social conscience, she does a splendid job of recreating her heritage, the roaring twenties, great deression, marriage and mothrhood. A totally readable, coloful, and warm memoir of a life lived to the fullest. More