Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 12/25/2023 + 2701 more book reviews

If you read the first two-thirds of this book and the Wikipedia page on Hetty Green, you might wonder if these were two different women. The first two-thirds of this book book introduces you to the richest woman of her time, and perhaps also the most pitiful. It is only in the last third that Hetty Green's assistance to banks, cities, and charitable organizations is revealed. Still, her family life isn't one we would all want.

Only after her death did the newspapers, which once vilified her, write articles praising her financial acumen and generosity.

Trivia : Being Brooklyn-born myself, I was interested in reading the Brooklyn Dodgers, now the Los Angles Dodgers, originally got their name due to the necessity of Brooklyn residents having to dodge the numerous trolley cars on the streets. Apparently they were often called Trolley Dodgers, and that name was given to the baseball team and later shortened to just Dodgers. A search of the web supports this.

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