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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Wallach, Janet, 1942-     Subjects     Green, Hetty Howland Robinson, 1835-1916.     Women capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.     Women millionaires -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wallach, Janet, 1942-       by title:      The richest woman in...       by call number:      332.092 G796w     Search the Web     Wallach, Janet, 1942-     Green, Hetty Howland Robinson, 1835-1916.     Women capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.     Women millionaires -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

The richest woman in America : Hetty Green in the gilded age / Janet Wallach. by Wallach, Janet, 1942- Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2012. Call #: 332.092 G796w Subjects Green, Hetty Howland Robinson, 1835-1916.   Women capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.   Women millionaires -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780385531979 0385531974 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvi, 281 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index. Contents:  The spirit within -- A polished reflection -- A city of riches -- America booming -- Irrational exuberance -- A willful war -- A will to win -- A new life -- Return to America -- A forceful woman -- Changing times -- Against the trend -- The education of children -- Texas -- The glitter of gold -- Crazy as a fox -- A new Hetty -- Family matters -- A cool head -- Panic again -- Remarkable changes -- Home -- Epilogue -- The wisdom of Hetty Green. Summary:  A captivating biography of America's first female tycoon, Hetty Green, the iconoclast who forged one of the greatest fortunes of her time. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 332.092 G796w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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