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The Lives of The Lafayette Square Literati;Author Patricia O'Toole's Intricate Look at Henry Adams and His Friends

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19900610
Author:Sarah Booth Conroy

After a while, the anxiety dreams-the old, old nightmares of failing without knowing why-began to come again and again to Patricia O'Toole.

The dreams began not too long after she was well into what eventually was more than five years of researching and writing her book "The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends 1880-1918."

"I saw Henry and Clover Adams riding their horses, but when I went toward them, they melted away. I met John Hay at a party, but he turned and walked in the other direction. Clara Hay sent me on errands that I couldn't do. I dreamed about ...

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