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Format:

Book

Author:

Gordon, Meryl, author.

Title:

The phantom of Fifth Avenue : the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark / Meryl Gordon.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2014.

Description:

382 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm

Summary:

Describes the sad life of Huguette Clark, heiress to a copper magnate's fortune, who withdrew from society to live in isolation in a huge 5th Avenue apartment before spending the last years of her life in a New York hospital.

Subjects:

Clark, Huguette, 1906-2011.

Clark, William Andrews, 1839-1925 -- Family.

Clark, Huguette, 1906-2011 -- Homes and haunts -- United States.

Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.

Recluses -- United States -- Biography.

Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography.

Mansions -- United States -- History.

Other Title:

Mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-366)and index.

Contents:

The Clark family reunion at the Corcoran -- The quest for "tante Huguette" -- Huguette's walk in Central Park -- The copper king -- The reinvention of Anna -- A Parisian childhood -- Fractured fairytale -- Beginnings and endings -- The society girl -- Alone again -- Facts, fiction and betrayal -- The lady vanishes -- A change of address -- The constant companion -- The great give-away -- The long goodbye -- The fight for Huguette's fortune.

LCCN:

2014002852

ISBN:

9781455512645 (hardcover)

1455512648 (hardcover)

9781455512638 (hbk.)

145551263X (hbk.)

Other Number:

869367724

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

436745

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

BIO Clark