When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. The Guinness Book of World Records memorialized her as the World's Greatest Miser, and, indeed, this unlikely robber baron -- who parlayed a comfortable inheritance into a fortune that was worth about 1.6 billion in today's dollars -- was frugal to a fault. But in an age when women weren't even allowed to vote, never mind concern themselves with interest rates, she lived by her own rules. In Hetty, Charles Slack reexamines her...
When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. T...
On the other side of the sun, is the Planet of the Dogs. Many years ago, the council of the elder dogs learned that there were problems on Earth, the Planet of the People. This is the story of the first time dogs came to planet Earth to teach people about love and to bring peace.
On the other side of the sun, is the Planet of the Dogs. Many years ago, the council of the elder dogs learned that there were problems on Earth, the ...
