Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in New York City's Gilded Age Marvels

Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in New York City's Gilded Age MarvelsBetsy Prioleaus biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is an appropriately twisty tale of someone trying to outrun her origins. . . . Her story sparkles, as intoxicating as a champagne fountain that somebody else is paying for (New York Times Book Review). Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded AgeCarnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbiltis a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the countrys largest publishing company, Frank

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