The Greyhound Diary - Judy Montagu

DAILY MAIL BOOKOF THE WEEKAs featured in The Oldie'In 1949, aged 26, the bright, well-connectedJudy Montagu (first cousin of Mary Churchill and friend of Princess Margaret)criss-crossed the United States on a Greyhound bus. The Greyhound Diary is avivid and often humorous account of the three months she spent on theroad'. The SpectatorJudy Montagu spent her late teenage years and earlytwenties directing anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War as aCaptain in Gunnery for the British Army. Demobilised in 1946, she set out insearch of fun and freedom in America and found herself swept into a bright andglamorous social circle. She soon counted Joe Alsop and the Cushing Sistersamong her new friends and even began to consider becoming a US citizen. In 1949, determined to understand America more deeply, Judy embarked on athree-month tour of the country by Greyhound bus. Letters of introductionopened doors to a range of encounters, capturing an extraordinary moment at theheight of the Anglo-American alliance. At each stop, Judy met newspapereditors, political leaders, and celebrities. In Texas - where she rode in arodeo - she was the guest of Jesse H. Jones in Houston and Amon Carter in FortWorth. In Hollywood, she had tea with Mary Pickford, and by the time shereached Illinois, her final state, she met and fell in love with AdlaiStevenson. As a cousin of Clementine Churchill, Judy's travels attractedregular press attention, adding another dimension to the diary. The Gr
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