{"product_id":"hetty-the-genius-and-madness-of-americas-first-female-tycoon-paperback","title":"Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Slack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wonderfully detailed....Today's vilified moguls look like pussycats compared with Hetty.\" \u003cem\u003e--Forbes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA biography of the \"Witch of Wall Street,\" who amassed a fortune of $100 million before women had the right to vote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA full century before Oprah and Martha Stewart became icons of female entrepreneurship, there was Hetty Green, America's richest woman, who stood alone among the roguish giants of the Gilded Age. The \u003cem\u003eGuinness Book of World Records\u003c\/em\u003e memorialized her as the World's Greatest Miser, and, indeed, this unlikely robber baron--who parlayed a comfortable inheritance into a fortune that was worth about 1.6 billion in today's dollars--was frugal to a fault. But she lived by her own rules, buying and selling real estate and railroads, fighting hard and sometimes dirty, and amassing cash reserves to rival the great banks. In \u003cem\u003eHetty\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Slack reexamines her life and legacy, giving us, at long last, a splendidly \"nuanced portrait\" (\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e) of one of the greatest--and most eccentric--financiers in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. The \u003cem\u003eGuinness Book of World Records\u003c\/em\u003e memorialized her as the World's Greatest Miser, and, indeed, this unlikely robber baron -- who parlayed a comfortable inheritance into a fortune that was worth about 1.6 billion in today's dollars -- was frugal to a fault. But in an age when women weren't even allowed to vote, never mind concern themselves with interest rates, she lived by her own rules. In \u003cem\u003eHetty\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Slack reexamines her life and legacy, giving us, at long last, a splendidly \"nuanced portrait\" \u003cem\u003e(Newsweek)\u003c\/em\u003e of one of the greatest -- and most eccentric -- financiers in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.06 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024309633213,"sku":"9780060542573","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/DndHuhGD-S9780060542573.webp?v=1782661054","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/hetty-the-genius-and-madness-of-americas-first-female-tycoon-paperback","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}