Henry and Clare [antikvár]

T1 ina Martin was absolutely indispensable. In the early months, we workedtogether at the Library of Congress and in Boston archives. When I began myinterviews, she did her own archival research around the country, findingassistants, directing their efforts, supervising their incoming material, thencoding and editing it for the computer. She also did most of the initial pictureresearch and the selection of photographs for the book. But, most of all, shenot only organized my work, but made probing editorial suggestions about myvarious drafts and rechecked everything for accuracy. She is an excellenteditor.My wife, Marjorie Jean, as always, was the first to read my manuscript, and,as always, made highly perceptive comments, which greatly enriched my book.Her editing has always been superb.Phyllis Grann, my publisher, dear friend and neighborwho has been myeditor on previous booksshared the inception of the idea for this biographyon a Sunday morning walk. Her support since then has been strong andunstinting and she has always been full of sage advice.My editor, Andrea Chambers, is surely one of the best editors in the busi-nesshighly intelligent, intensely conscientious, with the rare ability to makecuts so seamlessly that while they hurt the author, they definitely help thebook.Many thanks to my agent, Sterling Lord, for his friendship and constantencouragement.The heart of this biography is the interviews. I was fortunate that so manyfamily members, friends, and associates of the principals are still alive. I amparticularly grateful to the first Mrs. Luce, Mrs. Lila Tyng, and to Mrs.Elisabeth Moore, Henry Luce's favorite sister and best friend, who were sogenerous with their time and their remarkable memories. I am also gratefulto Mrs. Moore for giving me access to the family album of photographs. Mrs.Sheldon Luce, Henry Luce's sister-in-law, was also most helpful.