The phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark
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Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Description
382 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
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Crook Co. - Hulett Branch - Biography | B CLA | On Shelf |
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Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011 -- Homes and haunts -- United States.
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011.
Clark, William Andrews, -- 1839-1925 -- Family.
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography.
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.
Mansions -- United States -- History.
Recluses -- United States -- Biography.
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011.
Clark, William Andrews, -- 1839-1925 -- Family.
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography.
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.
Mansions -- United States -- History.
Recluses -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-366) and index.
Summary
"Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. Her father William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in American, and not above bribing his way into the Senate. Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. And at twenty-two with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend William MacDonald Gower. Two-years later the couple divorced. After a series of failed romances, Huguette began to withdraw from society--first living with her mother in a kind of Grey Gardens isolation then as a modern-day Miss Havisham, spending her days in a vast apartment overlooking Central Park, eating crackers and watching The Flintstones with only servants for company. All her money and all her real estate could not protect her in her later life from being manipulated by shady hangers-on and hospitals that were only too happy to admit (and bill) a healthy woman. But what happened to Huguette that turned a vivacious, young socialite into a recluse? And what was her life like inside that gilded, copper cage?"--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gordon, M. (2014). The phantom of Fifth Avenue: the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark (First Edition.). Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gordon, Meryl. 2014. The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark. Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gordon, Meryl. The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gordon, Meryl. The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark First Edition., Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
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