{"product_id":"diamonds-and-deadlines-a-tale-of-greed-deceit-and-a-female-tycoon-in-new-york-citys-gilded-age-paperback","title":"Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in New York City's Gilded Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetsy Prioleau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetsy Prioleau's biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is \"an appropriately twisty tale of someone trying to outrun her origins. . . . Her story sparkles, as intoxicating as a champagne fountain that somebody else is paying for\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age--Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt--is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: she flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both during and after her lifetime, glimpses of the truth emerged, including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiamonds and Deadlines\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the previously unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen \"empress of journalism,\" who dropped a bombshell at her death: she left her entire multimillion-dollar estate to women's suffrage--a never-equaled amount that guaranteed passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. In this dazzling biography, cultural historian Betsy Prioleau draws from diaries, genealogies, and published works to provide an intimate look at the life of one of the Gilded Age's most complex, powerful women and unexpected feminist icons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eDiamonds and Deadlines\u003c\/i\u003e restores Mrs. Frank Leslie to her rightful place in history as a monumental businesswoman who presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous, seismic, and vivid epochs in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes Black-and-White Images\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetsy Prioleau\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, radio personality, and cultural historian. She received a PhD in American literature at Duke University, then went on to teach English and world literature at Manhattan College, where she was a tenured associate professor. She was a scholar in residence at New York University, and most recently taught cultural history at the New York University Liberal Studies Program. She is the author of S\u003ci\u003ewoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Prioleau lives in New York. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764593885472,"sku":"9781419770890","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/07be52834a0e68186615345e1675d0d6.webp?v=1780252990","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/diamonds-and-deadlines-a-tale-of-greed-deceit-and-a-female-tycoon-in-new-york-citys-gilded-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}