
The Richest Woman in America: The Life and Times of Hetty Green by Janet Wallach
"A pack of reporters swarmed around the woman who emerged from the heavy doors of the courthouse."
Of course reporters swarmed around her--she was the richest woman in the country and was suing people, and the same things we see in tabloids today weren't unfamiliar to tabloids in 1896.
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I like the beginning...and the sound of this book - for some reason I don't know anything about this woman and as a history major - that is a real shame! I am adding it to my GR reading list. Here's my Friday meme
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