Overview
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Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded AgeāCarnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbiltāis a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the countryās 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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Diamonds and Deadlines reveals the previously unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen āempress of journalism,ā who dropped a bombshell at her death: she left her entire multimillion-dollar estate to womenās suffrageāa never-equaled amount that guaranteed passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. In this dazzling biography, cultural historian Betsy Prioleau draws from diaries, genealogies, and published works to provide an intimate look at the life of one of the Gilded Ageās most complex, powerful women and unexpected feminist icons.
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Ultimately, Diamonds and Deadlines restores Mrs. Frank Leslie to her rightful place in history as a monumental businesswoman who presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous, seismic, and vivid epochs in American history.
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This book title, Diamonds and Deadlines (A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in New York City's Gilded Age), ISBN: 9781419770890, by Betsy Prioleau, published by Abrams Press (December 19, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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