The phantom of Fifth Avenue: the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark
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Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. Her father William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in America, and not above bribing his way into the Senate. Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. And at twenty-two with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend William MacDonald Gower. Two-years later the couple divorced. After a series of failed romances, Huguette began to withdraw from society--first living with her mother in a kind of Grey Gardens isolation then as a modern-day Miss Havisham, spending her days in a vast apartment overlooking Central Park, eating crackers and watching The Flintstones with only servants for company. All her money and all her real estate could not protect her in her later life from being manipulated by shady hangers-on and hospitals that were only too happy to admit (and bill) a healthy woman. But what happened to Huguette that turned a vivacious, young socialite into a recluse? And what was her life like inside that gilded, copper cage?
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Biographies
Clark, Huguette
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011 -- Homes and haunts -- United States
Clark, William Andrews
Clark, William Andrews, -- 1839-1925 -- Family
Collectors and collecting
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography
Electronic books
Family
Heiresses
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography
History
Homes and haunts
Mansions
Mansions -- United States -- History
Recluses
Recluses -- United States -- Biography
Rich people
Women
Women -- Biography
Clark, Huguette
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011 -- Homes and haunts -- United States
Clark, William Andrews
Clark, William Andrews, -- 1839-1925 -- Family
Collectors and collecting
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography
Electronic books
Family
Heiresses
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography
History
Homes and haunts
Mansions
Mansions -- United States -- History
Recluses
Recluses -- United States -- Biography
Rich people
Women
Women -- Biography
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Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011 -- Homes and haunts -- United States
Clark, William Andrews, -- 1839-1925 -- Family
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography
Electronic books
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography
Mansions -- United States -- History
Recluses -- United States -- Biography
Rich people
Women -- Biography
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011
Clark, Huguette, -- 1906-2011 -- Homes and haunts -- United States
Clark, William Andrews, -- 1839-1925 -- Family
Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography
Electronic books
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography
Mansions -- United States -- History
Recluses -- United States -- Biography
Rich people
Women -- Biography
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The phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark
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The Phantom of Fifth Avenue : The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark [electronic resource] / Meryl Gordon
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark [electronic resource] / Meryl Gordon
The phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark / Meryl Gordon
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark [electronic resource] / Meryl Gordon
The phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark / Meryl Gordon
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Electronic books
Family
Heiresses
History
Homes and haunts
Mansions
Recluses
Rich people
Women
Clark, William Andrews
Collectors and collecting
Electronic books
Family
Heiresses
History
Homes and haunts
Mansions
Recluses
Rich people
Women
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