Diamond Jim Brady: Prince of the Gilded Age
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ISBN: 0471391026 / Publisher: Wiley, August 2001
A biography of the Gilded Age businessman, who rose from bellhop to supersalesman, details his trials and tribulations, his penchant for food and jewelry, and his relationship with world-famous entertainer Lillian Russell.
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