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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, In very good shape: FRONTISPIECE FOTO, ,VG+/VG, 1ST EDITION, 2ND PRINTING, 1964 , INNER DJ FLAP $4.95 INTACT, FORMER OWNER STAMP BACK BLANK ENDPAPER, Daughter of Oliver Powers Woods and Martha Wright Woods. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1893, GLOSSY Frontispiece,BLACK CLOTH & TITLES GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, Smallsmudges to DJ & Tiny Edge Chips & CLEAR TAPE BTM SPINE EDGE, 246 PGS, This book, which narrates the search for Ida Wood, is a true story. The drama of her death as a recluse, the discovery of her concealed fortune, and the search for her true identity made headline news in the 1930's, IDA AS PROMISED HAD HIDDEN EVERYTHING TOO Carefully to be found, 1st hour or so of Searching Produced Only some Old gold Rings, few Brooches & Silver bracelet. Then they Stumbled onto a Gold Mine. It was a Crumbling Yellowed Shoebox at Btm of Pile of Old Newspapers, where a Bundle in Old Wrapping Paper was Opened to disclose NO LESS than $247,000, Most of it in $5,000 & $1,000 Bills. Everything within Reach was Searched But No More Rich Lodes WERE UNCOVERED. Trunks in the 2 rooms were Pried Open to Disclose Dozens of Old Dresses, Ball gowns, Housecoats, sweaters, Capes Hat etc. at that Point No 1 could be Sure What Might be Valuable in establishing Ida s Family Background & Therefore her Possible HEIRS. In 1 Cormer of the Bedroom were carefully tied bundles of NY Daily News, Ben Wood s Newspaper. SHE HAD HID HER HUMBLE IRISH ORIGINS, FOR 24 YEARS, 3 Women, Emma Wood, Mary Mayfield & Ida Wood BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN 2 JUNK FILLED ROOMS OF NEW YORK S Herald Square Hotel. Signed by Author(s).