Please add: Lonely Midas

[Yinzadi]

* Title: Lonely Midas: The Story of Stephen Girard, Philadelphia - 1750-1831
* Author(s) name(s): Harry Emerson Wildes
* ISBN (or ASIN): (couldn't find one)
* Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
* Publication date: 1943 (according to the Kirkus Review, if that is allowed to be used, November 1, 1943)
* Format: Hardcover
* Description: (I found a Kirkus Review for the book; don't know if that's allowed to be used):

A biography of the Philadelphia philanthropist and millionaire, built out of his own writings. He was a self-contained, exacting and solitary man who was never really loved in his lifetime. The loss of a right eye in childhood increased his natural shyness. He went to sea at an early age, traded for a few years, then -- by accident -landed in Philadelphia where he set up a shop and married pretty Mary Lum. Stephen Girard rose steadily, made considerable money in partnership with a brother, but with success came family discord, with his brother, his relatives abroad, his wife, who -- childless -- ultimately went insane. He set up two mistresses, but neither really loved him. He distinguished himself publicly during the yellow fever epidemic. He virtually financed the war of 1812. But -- in spite of his ""good works"" he was misunderstood by the public, and disliked by his associates. Solid writing, but rather dull reading, though Mr. Wildes probably made the most out of an unappealing figure.

* Link to cover: (couldn't find an acceptable one)

The Kirkus Review is here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...

[lafon حمزة]

Here. I'm pretty sure rivka said something about Kirkus, but I can't quite remember whether it was for or against.

[Yinzadi]

Thank you!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I did? I don't recall doing so.

I checked, and they say:

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So that's a definite no.

[lafon حمزة]

Ah, ouch. Just searched the forums, and I couldn't find any post related to this. Guess I'm guilty of false memory again. *sigh*

[Yinzadi]

Sorry, I should've checked that myself.