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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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"Slack concentrates on telling a good story and telling it well.... [An] entertaining biography."--Publishers Weekly

"A wonderfully detailed new biography."--Forbes

"Fascinating."--Tucson Citizen

"A fascinating book."--New York Post

"[An] instructive account.... Slack offers an exemplary retelling for a new generation."--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] nuanced portrait."--Newsweek

"[A] page-turning portrait of an important and complicated woman."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Charles Slack is the author of Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock, and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century, named one of the New York Public Library's twenty-five "Books to Remember" for 2002, and Blue Fairways: Three Months, Sixty Courses, No Mulligans. His writing has appeared in many national magazines. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Barbara, and their daughters, Natalie and Caroline.

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  • PublisherHarper Perennial
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 0060542578
  • ISBN 13 9780060542573
  • BindingPaperback
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A full century before Martha Stewart, Oprah, and Madonna became icons of female entrepreneurship, there was Hetty Green, Americas richest woman, who stood alone among the roguish giants of the Gilded Age as the first lady of capitalism with a personal fortune estimated at $100 million ($1.6 billion today). In Hetty, Charles Slack reexamines the life, work, and conflicted legacy of this true American original. While derided as a witch of Wall Street in her lifetime, today, Hetty ranks near the top of Americas list of greatest financiers: a brilliant, ruthless entrepreneur, vastly ahead of her time, know simply as Hetty. Slack looks beyond the lore and historical prejudices to reveal the real Hetty Green, known as the "Witch of Wall Street," who dueled with the giants of the Gilded Age and amassed a fortune of $100 million before women had the right to vote. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780060542573

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