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Hetty - The Genius & Madness Of America's First Female Tycoon (Paperback) Loot Price: R488
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Hetty - The Genius & Madness Of America's First Female Tycoon (Paperback): Charles Slack

Hetty - The Genius & Madness Of America's First Female Tycoon (Paperback)

Charles Slack

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When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. The Guinness Book of World Records memorialized her as the World's Greatest Miser, and, indeed, this unlikely robber baron -- who parlayed a comfortable inheritance into a fortune that was worth about 1.6 billion in today's dollars -- was frugal to a fault. But in an age when women weren't even allowed to vote, never mind concern themselves with interest rates, she lived by her own rules. In Hetty, Charles Slack reexamines her life and legacy, giving us, at long last, a splendidly "nuanced portrait" (Newsweek) of one of the greatest -- and most eccentric -- financiers in American history.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Imprint: HarperPerennial
Country of origin: Australia
Release date: October 2005
First published: November 2005
Authors: Charles Slack
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-054257-3
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Entrepreneurship
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 0-06-054257-8
Barcode: 9780060542573

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