The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America\'s first political dynasty; his wife, Clover, gifted photographer and tragic victim of depression
John Hay, ambassador and secretary of state; his wife, Clara, a Midwestern heiress; and Clarence King, pioneering geologist, entrepreneur, and man of mystery.
They knew every president from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and befriended Henry James, Mark Twain, Edith.
The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America\'s first political dynasty; his wife, Clover, gifted photographer and tragic victim of depression
John Hay, ambassador and secretary of state; his wife, Clara, a Midwestern heiress; and Clarence King, pioneering geologist, entrepreneur, and man of mystery
