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08144aam a2201477 i 4500 001 CB150E861C3911E3B2C4BF79DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 130617s2013 nyua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2013023933 020 $a 0345545567 (ebk.) 020 $a 9780345545565 (ebk.) 020 $a 0345534522 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780345534521 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)837141775 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d MOF $d GK8 $d ZHB $d IEB $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a CT275.C6273 $b D33 2013 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a BUS025000 $a HIS036000 $a BUS025000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Dedman, Bill. 245 10 $a Empty mansions : $b the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune / $c Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c [2013] 300 $a xxiii, 456 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-429) and index. 505 0 $a The Clark mansion, part one -- The log cabin -- The Copper King mansion -- The U.S. Capitol -- The Clark mansion, part two -- 907 Fifth Avenue, part one -- 907 Fifth Avenue, part two -- Bellosguardo -- Le Beau ChaÌteau -- Doctors Hospital -- Beth Israel Medical Center -- Woodlawn Cemetery -- Surrogate's Courthouse -- The cricket. 520 2 $a "When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed a property listing for a grand estate that had been unoccupied for nearly sixty years, he stumbled into one of the most surprising American stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Empty Mansions is a rich tale of wealth and loss, complete with copper barons, Gilded Age opulence, and backdoor politics. At its heart is a reclusive 104-year-old heiress named Huguette Clark. Dedman has collaborated with Huguette's cousin, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., one of the few relatives to have had frequent conversations with her, to tell a fairy tale in reverse: the bright, talented daughter who is born into an almost royal family of amazing wealth and privilege, yet who secrets herself away from the outside world. Empty Mansions reveals a complete picture of the enigmatic Huguette Clark, heiress to one of the greatest fortunes in American history, a woman who had not been photographed in public since the 1920s. Though she owned three palatial homes in California, New York, and Connecticut, they sat vacant while she lived out her final two decades in a New York City hospital room, despite being in excellent health. Her father was self-made copper industrialist W. A. Clark, who at the dawn of the twentieth century was one of the richest men in America. Huguette's inheritance afforded her untold luxury: gorgeous paintings by Degas and Renoir, a world-renowned Stradivarius violin, a vast collection of antique dolls, lavish gifts for her friends, the freedom to pursue her own work as an artist, and, most important, the privacy she valued above all else. The Clark family story takes the reader nearly the entire span of American history in just three generations. The same Huguette who held a ticket for the return trip of the Titanic was touched by the terror attacks of 9/11. In this scrupulously detailed account, we meet Huguette's extravagant father, her publicity-shy mother, her star-crossed sister, her noble French boyfriend, the nurse who received more than $30 million in gifts, and the relatives seeking to inherit Huguette's $300 million fortune. Richly illustrated with more than seventy photographs, some never before seen, Empty Mansions is a touching story of an eccentric of the highest order, a last jewel of the Gilded Age who lived life on her own terms"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Clark, Huguette, $d 1906-2011. 650 0 $a Heiresses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Eccentrics $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Recluses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Collectors and collecting $z United States $v Biography. 600 10 $a Clark, William Andrews, $d 1839-1925 $x Family. 600 10 $a Clark, Huguette, $d 1906-2011 $x Family. 600 10 $a Clark, Huguette, $d 1906-2011 $x Homes and haunts $z United States. 650 0 $a Mansions $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Newell, Paul Clark, $c Jr. 941 $a 82 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240717030845.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716054634.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710023305.0 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626014659.0 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611015914.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417012846.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305032702.0 952 $l CJPC482 $d 20240202014637.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104012845.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207014311.0 952 $l CRPC926 $d 20230727011303.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629012524.0 952 $l YFPC572 $d 20221022013319.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909052552.0 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20220806010646.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215023930.0 952 $l BIPB251 $d 20211215011050.0 952 $l KZPA953 $d 20211020012051.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722040827.0 952 $l BWPD851 $d 20210714010813.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528053408.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204071258.0 952 $l PFPC906 $d 20200117011100.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110053225.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214021148.0 952 $l CDPC522 $d 20191119020911.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717024331.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20190328030040.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107050749.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006073301.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719041856.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20180719023410.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717034316.0 952 $l NJPD993 $d 20180714052243.0 952 $l NDPD953 $d 20180713050922.0 952 $l DTPD413 $d 20180713024729.0 952 $l NTPC983 $d 20180707035729.0 952 $l NBPB943 $d 20180704035110.0 952 $l NVPB663 $d 20180505011917.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20171214013327.0 952 $l TSPC862 $d 20171214010948.0 952 $l YXPB162 $d 20171019015156.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418100157.0 952 $l FCPB384 $d 20170324020022.0 952 $l ZAPB232 $d 20160921051802.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20160505043333.0 952 $l XUPC157 $d 20160408033616.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20160407022748.0 952 $l VPPC384 $d 20160406023632.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202074027.0 952 $l ZTPC475 $d 20160122084318.0 952 $l PBPC546 $d 20160121062737.0 952 $l YWPD162 $d 20151106010739.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926023722.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20150901011336.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20150730011624.0 952 $l DHPB993 $d 20150630010855.0 952 $l FDPC194 $d 20150624022355.0 952 $l WWPC305 $d 20150519023517.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20150514023505.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20150509021834.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150509013831.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20150410013924.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20150409100515.0 952 $l YMPD532 $d 20150321013642.0 952 $l FWPE284 $d 20150213061056.0 952 $l CXPC586 $d 20150213031117.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20140812083124.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20140722012339.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20140716013118.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20140708170420.0 952 $l BXPC851 $d 20140529010558.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20140412012513.0 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20140227010535.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20140117010306.0 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20140114010305.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20140107013304.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20140103011007.0 952 $l YBPC572 $d 20131113010228.0 952 $l VUPB454 $d 20131018120121.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20131002011112.0 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20130928010109.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CB150E861C3911E3B2C4BF79DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search