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1) The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age

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Wallach, Janet

Language

English

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No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green. Now the acclaimed author of Desert Queen delivers the definitive biography of America’s first female tycoon, “an investment pioneer who matched her male counterparts in ambition and guile, and never backed down from a fight…. Filled with colorful historical details of an economic time that eerily parallels our own.” —San Francisco Chronicle
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2) Desert Queen

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Wallach, Janet

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

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eBook, Kindle

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The definitive biography, mesmerizing and “richly textured ” (Chicago Tribune), that inspired the acclaimed documentary, Letters from Baghdad. • With a new Afterword • "Desert Queen...plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." —The Boston Globe
Here is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout...

3) Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

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Wallach, Janet

Publisher

Books on Tape

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

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Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with all things Arab. Traveling the length and breadth of the Arab region, armed with a love for its language and its people, she not only produced several enormously popular books based on her experiences but became instrumental to the British foreign office. When World War I erupted, and...

4) Flirting with danger: the mysterious life of Marguerite Harrison, socialite spy

Author

Wallach, Janet

Language

English

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World War I Collection Spotlight - Espionage

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Book, eAudiobook

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"The true story of socialite spy Marguerite Harrison, who slipped behind enemy lines in Russia and Germany in the fraught period between the world wars Foreign correspondent. Author. Filmmaker. Spy. Marguerite Harrison was born into Gilded Age American privilege and launched a successful career as a culture writer for the Baltimore Sun as a young widow. But when America entered World War I, Harrison secretly applied for a position in intelligence....