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For Release: May 1,1997
Contact: Elizabeth Howell
The Emily Post Institute
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EMILY POST'S ETIQUETTE
75TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
by PEGGY POST
In 1922, Emily Post created the original and the definitive source book on etiquette. In doing so, she became the last word on social grace and good conduct. Seventy-five years later, etiquette is still essential to daily life, and Emily Post is the most quoted authority. Peggy Post, Emily's great-granddaughter-in-law, is now at the helm of The Emily Post Institute providing etiquette answers for today's questions. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of EMILY POST'S ETIQUETTE 16th Edition (HarperReference; May 7, 1997; $35), Peggy Post has updated and wholly revised this etiquette manifesto to address our changing world.
The information is updated and revised to account for constantly changing and evolving lifestyles. For example, e-mail, cellular phones, stepparents, third and fourth weddings, health clubs and intimate relationships at work present new situations that raise etiquette questions. As the past, present and future definitive source, EMILY POST'S ETIQUETTE provides the answers.
The book is divided into 45 chapters that cover every aspect of etiquette from weddings and business life to international travel and table manners. New additions to the 75th anniversary edition include:
The standard information remains: greetings and introductions, table manners, children's manners, communication and letters, travel and tipping, entertaining, celebrations and weddings.
The book provides a wealth of new and updated information as well as the tried and true guidelines that never go out of style. For the 24 million American couples getting married each year: how to's from announcing the engagement to planning the ceremony and writing thank-you notes. For guests and hosts: how to plan everything from a formal dinner to a football brunch and how to handle an inebriated guest or an uninvited child. For recent college graduates: advise on attending a company retreat, moderating a meeting, job hunting, public speaking and sex in the workplace. For everyone: the correct way to eat everything from artichokes to French fries, how to handle sticky situations and nosy questions, the art of writing letters and what to do on the golf green, tennis court, ski slope or bike path.
Considered by some to be a weapon of the upper class, On September 22, 1996, the Sunday New York Times reported in an article entitled “Etiquette, Is It Back? that, “there are rumblings of an etiquette renaissance.” In an era when the family dinner hour has all but disappeared and family values has become a phrase used mostly by politicians, many people are looking for a return to civility. EMILY POST'S ETIQUETTE provides the guidelines to return civility to everyday life.
About the Author:
Peggy Post is the newest member of the Post family to inherit
the role of spokesperson and author for the Emily Post Institute.
Since 1991, Peggy has helped to promote the Institute through
personal appearances at bridal shows, speaking engagements and
media interviews. Peggy is also the author of the popular monthly
column in Good Housekeeping entitled Etiquette for Today.
EMILY POST'S ETIQUETTE: 16TH Edition
Peggy Post
Published by HarperReference
Publication Date: May 7, 1997
ISBN: 0-06-270078-2
Price: $35.00
An Alternate Selection of the Book of the Month Club, June 1997
