Diamonds and Deadlines - A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
Author(s): Betsy Prioleau
Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age--Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt--is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both during and after her lifetime, glimpses of the truth emerged, including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youth.
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- : Thames and Hudson
- : Laurence King
- : 0.621422
- : 30 November 2023
- : .96 Inches X 5.5 Inches X 8.25 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Betsy Prioleau
- : Betsy Prioleau
- : 336
- : 336
- : 070.5092 B
- : 070.5092 B
- : English
- : English
- : Paperback
- : Paperback