The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age - Tapa blanda

"An enthusiastic portrait of an investment pioneer who matched her male counterparts in ambition and guile, and never backed down from a fight. . . . Filled with colorful historical details of an economic time that eerily parallels our own." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Aspiring investors might want to memorize Hetty Green's words as they do Warren Buffett's. . . . In telling Green's story, Wallach also tells the story of America's repeated busts and booms in a way that seems very relevant right now." --The Washington Post

"A lively book that whisks readers through five decades of Green's wheeling and dealing. . . Wallach brings a warm empathy to her account." --The Daily Beast

"Hetty Green was a talented investor who had the bad luck to be born in an era when a guild, the guild of Victorian men, shut out a whole class of minds--women's." --The Wall Street Journal

"Wallach does an admirable job putting together a more complete picture of the fascinating and ground-breaking Green beyond her 'Witch of Wall Street' reputation." --USA Today

"It's always fun to return to the story of Green, who died in 1916 with a fortune of $100 million. . . . Incredibly, it was money she earned through savvy and aggressive investing. Green, who was notoriously frugal and never shied away from a fight, earned a reputation as the mean, crazy lady of Wall Street. But Wallach presents Green's charitable self, a woman who could be wise and witty, warm as well." --New York Daily News

"An enjoyable account. . . . Wallach successfully portrays a compelling woman who kept her eyes on the glittering financial prize, using a commonsense philosophy regarding real estate and investment throughout the nineteenth century's Wall Street roller-coaster." --Publishers Weekly

"Despite her shrewd investment acumen, [Green's] remarkable achievements were often overshadowed by her well-publicized eccentricities . . . . Most journalists failed to acknowledge her blistering business savvy and the tremendous power she wielded in a male-dominated arena. Wallach does Green long-overdue service by providing an evenhanded account." --Booklist

"Absorbing . . . takes us through America's repeated booms and busts through the eyes and coolheaded example of the remarkable financial genius Hetty Green. . . . Should be mandatory reading for investors." --The Washington Times