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Empty Mansions : the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune / Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
"When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed a property listing for a grand estate that had been unoccupied for nearly sixty years, he stumbled into one of the most surprising American stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Empty Mansions is a rich tale of wealth and loss, complete with copper barons, Gilded Age opulence, and backdoor politics. At its heart is a reclusive 104-year-old heiress named Huguette Clark. Dedman has collaborated with Huguette's cousin, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., one of the few relatives to have had frequent conversations with her, to tell a fairy tale in reverse: the bright, talented daughter who is born into an almost royal family of amazing wealth and privilege, yet who secretes herself away from the outside world."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345534521 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9780345534538 (trade pbk.) :
- Physical Description: xxviii, 456 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), genealogical table ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York Ballantine Books, 2013
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references ([419]-429 pages) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Family Tree -- Introduction: House Hunting -- An Apparition -- Time Capsule -- The Clark Mansion, Part One -- The Log Cabin -- The Copper King Mansion -- The U.S. Capitol -- The Clark Mansion, Part Two -- 907 Fifth Avenue, Part One -- 907 Fifth Avenue, Part Two -- Bellosguardo -- Le Beau Château -- Doctors Hospital -- Beth Israel Medical Center -- Woodlawn Cemetery -- Surrogate's Courthouse -- Epilogue: The Cricket -- Authors' Note -- List of Illustrations -- Appendix: Siblings of W.A. Clark -- Appendix: Inflation Adjustment. |
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| Subject: | Clark, Huguette, 1906-2011. Heiresses > United States > Biography. Eccentrics and eccentricities > United States > Biography. Mansions > United States > History. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Border Regional Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Main Branch - Border Regional Library | 328.73092 DED (Text) | 36830002964292 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| McAuley Branch - Border Regional Library | 328.73092 Ded-M (Text) | 36830002964326 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
