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Biography of one of the richest women in American who is virtually unknown. Dedman traces the life of Huguette Clark, daughter of W.A. Clark, a copper mining baron. Huguette lived to be over 100 years old and spent the last twenty years of her life in a hospital room, despite being healthy. Dedman does a great job with the investigative work of figuring out who Huguette was -- what her passions and interests were. I enjoyed the opening chapters that traced the larger than life exploits of her fa ...more
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