Diamond Jim Brady – Prince of the Gilded Age

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 sep 2001

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780471391029
ISBN-10: 0471391026
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 166 x 240 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Editura: JOSSEY BASS
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

Readers of biography, readers interested in American history, especially The Gilded Age, and stories of the rich and famous, especially self–made millionaires; libraries.

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Descriere

A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age. Brady's was a classic rags-to-riches story.

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