Greed in the Gilded Age
Author: Hazelgrove, William Elliott
ISBN: 9781538142905
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RM201.11
Publisher,Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Publication Date,
Format, Hardcover
Weight, 453.59 g
No. of Pages, 193
Recounts the true story of Cassie Chadwick, who, breaking through boundaries of class, education, and gender, conned at least 2 million dollars, equivalent to about 60 million today, from unsuspecting bankers simply by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter and heir of steel titan, Andrew Carnegie.