| Edition |
First Harper Perennial edition. |
| Description |
xii, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2004 by Ecco"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-247) and index. |
| Contents |
New Bedford -- Aunt Sylvia -- A test of wills -- Alone in a crowd -- Self-imposed exile -- Pride and pain -- Hetty storms Wall Street -- The view from Brooklyn -- Grooming a protégé -- Thou shalt not pass -- A lady of your age -- Across the river -- If my daughter is happy -- The hat was "Hetty" Green -- I'll outlive all of them! -- High times at Round Hill -- Scattered to the wind. |
| Subject |
Green, Hetty Howland Robinson, 1834-1916.
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Women capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Millionaires -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Title |
Genius and madness of America's first female tycoon |
| ISBN |
0060542578 |
| Standard No. |
9780060542573 |
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