BAKER, MADELINE; CHADWICK, ELIZABETH; HESS, NORAH; MASON, CONNIE,

A Wilderness Christmas.

New York, Leisure Books, 1993. (ISBN: 0843935286) 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Mass Market Paperback Good Wraps have rubbed edges. Pages have dampstain in margin of first 4 sheets. text is unmarked.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 420091A

Keywords: Romance Fiction

CASSIE L. CHADWICK [BORN ELIZABETH BIGLEY, AKA LYDIA SCOTT, MADAME LYDIA DEVERE, MRS. HOOVER]

Late 19th Century Double Autograph of the Notorious Canadian Con Woman, Brothel Owner and Neighbor of the Rockefellers

1899. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. On offer is a fascinating item of Canadian ephemera being a rare autograph signature of Cassie L. Chadwick [1857-1907] on her monogrammed stationery signed Cassie L. Chadwick; glued below the signature is a matching envelope which she also signs "Cassie L."; is the most famous name of a Canadian-born woman who defrauded Cleveland, Ohio banks by claiming to be an illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie. Born Elizabeth Bigley on October 10, 1857 in Eastwood, Ontario, Canada, she was known to daydream and tell fibs as a child. At the age of 22 she was arrested in Woodstock, Ontario for forgery but released on grounds of insanity. In 1882 she married Wallace Springsteen in Cleveland, Ohio; her husband threw her out eleven days later when he found out about her past. In 1886 she became a fortune-teller with the name Lydia Scott, but changed that to the more mystic Madame Lydia DeVere a year later. In 1889 she again resorted to forgery and was sentenced to 9 1/2 years in a penitentiary in Toledo, Ohio; she was paroled four years later and returned to Cleveland, where she took the name "Mrs. Hoover" and opened a brothel on the city's near west side. It was here where she met her future husband, Dr. Leroy Chadwick. Knowing that Dr. Chadwick was a recent widower, and well-off, Cassie played her "Mrs. Hoover" as a genteel widow who ran a respectable boarding house for women. When Dr. Chadwick responded that the establishment was a well-known brothel, "Mrs. Hoover" fainted; once revived, she claimed that she would never run such an establishment and begged the doctor to take her from the building immediately, lest anyone think that she was complicit in its operations. In 1897 she married Dr. Chadwick, who knew nothing about her past except what he was told by his attractive new wife. It is unclear if he knew that she had given birth to a son, Emil Hoover, who was left in the care of one of the women who remained behind at the brothel. During her time as the wife of the highly respected Dr. Chadwick, Cassie's spending habits exceeded those of her well-heeled neighbors along Cleveland's Euclid Avenue , then known around the world as "Millionaires' Row". Instead of being welcomed into the exclusive enclave of the Rockefellers, the Hannas, the Hays and the Mathers, Cassie Chadwick was thought of more as a curious woman who tried in vain to buy the favors of some of the wealthiest families in the nation. When she was invited to events, it was out of obligation to Dr. Chadwick who area residents were fond of. Cassie Chadwick also masked her identity and her son's in other ways. In the 1900 United States census (District 97, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Ohio), she identified herself as Cassie Chadwick, born 3 February 1862 in Pennsylvania; her son Emil Hoover was ennumerated as Emil Chadwick, born September 1886 in Canada (England). However in court records, Chadwick identified herself as single with no children when charged with forgery and sentenced to prison in Toledo, Ohio. Following the her Carnegie Con, Emil was identified in the national press as either her son, or her step son. Following her marriage to Dr. Leroy Chadwick in 1897, Cassie began her largest, most successful con game: that of establishing herself as Andrew Carnegie's daughter. During a visit to New York City, she asked one of her husband's acquaintances, a lawyer named Dillon, to take her to the home of Andrew Carnegie. In reality, she just visited his housekeeper ostensibly trying to check credentials. When she came back, she dropped a paper. Dillon took it up and noticed it was a promissory note of $2 million with Carnegie's signature. When Dillon promised to keep her secret, she "revealed" that she was Carnegie's illegitimate daughter. Dillon arranged a safe deposit box for her document. This information leaked to the financial markets in northern Ohio, and banks began to offer their services. For the next eight years she used this fake background to obtain loans that eventually totaled between $10 and $20 million. She forged securities in Carnegie's name for further proof. Bankers assumed that Carnegie would vouch for any debts. On November 2, 1904, her scheme collapsed when the Boston bank of H. B. Newton called her loan of $190,800. Cassie couldn't pay, and the bank sued. At the time, she had accumulated debts equal to $5 million. It was also discovered that a number of securities being held for her in various banks were worthless. When Carnegie was later asked about her, he denied ever knowing her. Chadwick fled to New York, but was soon arrested at her apartment at the Hotel Breslin and taken back to Cleveland. When she was arrested, she was wearing a money belt containing over $100,000. Leroy Chadwick and his adult daughter hastily left Cleveland for a European tour when the scandal broke; however, he did file for divorce before leaving on the tour. Carnegie attended her trial, wishing to see the woman who had successfully conned the nation's bankers into believing that she was his heir. Other attendees included members of the very Millionaires' Row families that she had tried so hard to gain acceptance from. The trial was a media circus. On March 10, 1905 a Cleveland court sentenced her to 14 years in prison and a fine of $70,000 for conspiracy against the government. (Citizen's National Bank of Oberlin was federally chartered and thus an agent of the United States government.) She was sent to the State Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio on January 1, 1906. For a time, the Chadwick Mansion on Euclid Avenue (at East 82nd Street) became a tourist destination; it was torn down for the construction of the Euclid Avenue Temple (now Liberty Hill Baptist Church) in the early 1920's. After the Carnegie Con arriving in Columbus, Chadwick brought with her trunks of goods for her cell, including animal skin rugs and clothes, which the warden allowed her to keep and wear. As her health deteriorated, Cassie began writing explicit instructions for her funeral, going so far as to instruct her son to send a portion of her hidden funds to Canada for the purchase of a tombstone for the family plot. Cassie Chadwick died in jail on her 50th birthday and was buried in her birthplace of Eastwood, Ontario, Canada. VG. Very Good. Autograph.

-- M. Benjamin Katz, Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts

Book number: 00MV859b

Catalogue: Books and Manuscripts General Overview

Keywords: Crime, Criminality, Prison, Convicts, Con Game, Con Artists, Americana, Canadiana, Cleveland, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Handwritten, Manuscript, Document, Letter, Autograph, Keepsake, Writer, Hand Written, Documents, Signed, Letters, Manuscripts, Historical,

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Champion

Warner Books, 1998. Pp: 501. An award-winning historical novelist delivers an epic tale of medieval plots and royal intrigues, in the story of a skilled young knight, the woman he betrays, and their chance meeting years later. ISBN: 9780751511789. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

-- Boekhandel De Slegte b.v.

Book number: U2010555

Catalogue: Engelse literatuur

Keywords: 9780751511789

ELIZABETH CHADWICK

The Champion

Timewarner, Great Britain, 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0751511781. Inventory No: 005025.

-- Bong Bong Books

Book number: 005025

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction;

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

Children of Destiny

London, Michael Joseph. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718135474) . Hardback, Author's 4th book. Slightly creased to very top edge of dustwrapper but still in very nice condition. In loose mylar cover. Fine/Near Fine.

-- Marble Hill Books

Book number: 014827

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: American Fiction Fictional Works Author 0718135474

ELIZABETH CHADWICK

Conquest

Warner Books. 1997. (ISBN: 9780751511772) MassMarket Paperback . Good.

-- Cover To Cover Books, Inc.

Book number: 0057226

Catalogue: Romance

Keywords: 9780751511772

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Conquest

London, Sphere, 2006. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this trade paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers - appears unread. Near Fine .

-- The Glass Key

Book number: 86496

Catalogue: Fiction

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

Daughters of the Grail

London, Sphere, 2006. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this trade paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers - appears unread. Near Fine .

-- The Glass Key

Book number: 86494

Catalogue: Fiction

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH.

Die Erbin der Festung. Roman. A. d. Engl. von Nathalie Lemmens.

München, Club Taschenbuch, 2006. 637 S. Farb. ill. OKart.

-- Antiquariat Thomas Vinke

Book number: VAR-220

Catalogue: Varia

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

Die Erbin der Festung

Blanvalet, 2006 paperback. .

-- Boekhandel Louis Tinner

Book number: 104728725

Catalogue: duits

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

Der erste Ritter. Roman zum Film.

1995-Knick am Cover-staubflecken am Schnitt ISBN: 3442433061. gut - gebraucht

-- buchgenie.de Sigrun Wuertele

Book number: BU090636

Catalogue: Varia

ELIZABETH CHADWICK

First Knight

Pocket Books, 1995. (Film/TV tie-in). Paperback. ISBN: 9780671535322. (minor edge wear & some internal "tanning") (photos on cover of Sean Connery & Richard Gere, back cover has film credits) [US pb. ]. Very Good- .

-- Sugen & Co. (Film & TV Tie-In Books)

Book number: 22520

Keywords: 9780671535322 Sf/Horror & Fantasy Sf/Horror & Fantasy - F ===== Recently Imported from the U.S.A.=====

ELIZABETH CHADWICK

First Knight

Pocket Books. 1995. (ISBN: 9780671535322) MassMarket Paperback . Good.

-- Cover To Cover Books, Inc.

Book number: 0077183

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: 9780671535322

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH.

Die Füchsin.

Köln. Serges Medien GmbH. 1997. Orig.Pappe. Orig.Umschlag. 413+[1] Seiten. Umschlag berieben sonst gut erhalten.

-- Worpsweder Antiquariat

Book number: 101159

Catalogue: Literatur / Belletristik

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Greatest Knight

Time Warner Books, 2006, First edition & printing in this form. Paperback. VERY GOOD, Spine creasing. Very slight edge tanning. Main language English. ISBN 0751536601. Weight 413g..

-- Booksort

Book number: 33164

Keywords: 0751536601

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Greatest Knight

London, Time Warner, 2006. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this trade paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers- appears unread. Near Fine .

-- The Glass Key

Book number: 87255

Catalogue: Fiction

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Greatest Knight

Sphere. 2007. (ISBN: 9780751536607) Paperback, 8vo - 7.75" Tall / 19.5cm. New paperback. NEW.

-- Books & Ink Bookshop

Book number: 055263

Catalogue: Fiction (Historical)

Keywords: Historical Fiction New Books 9780751536607

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH,

Guldkorset

Norge, B. Wahlstroms Pocket, 2001. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ tall, Mass Market Paperback, Very Good. 430 pgs., light creases to rear cover, text in swedish language only pages yellowed

-- Book Crazy

Book number: 40266

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 9132433220

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

Lady of the English

London, Sphere. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 978 1 84744 237). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Copy in black cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Free of inscriptions. Clean and flat contants. Appears unread. Fine/Very Good.

-- Balfour Books

Book number: 022721

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 2011 Sphere 978184744237

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

Leopard Unleashed

Paperback. A spell-binding historical novel set in the 12th century. ISBN: 9780751541366. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

-- Boekhandel De Slegte b.v.

Book number: U757745

Catalogue: Talen div

Keywords: 9780751541366

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Leopard Unleashed

London, Signet, 1993. (ISBN: 0451176367) 329 pages. Paperback in good condition. Short creases to lower edge of front cover. Some wear to cover edges. Remainder mark on lower edge of pages.

-- Titles Books

Book number: 42055

Catalogue: Fiction - Paperback

Keywords: 0451176367

ELIZABETH CHADWICK

The Love Knot

St Martins Pr. 1999-12. (ISBN: 031224407X). Hardcover. ex-library with markings,light edge wear to cover. Good.

-- Arcana Books

Book number: 07310937

Keywords: 031224407X

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Love Knot

New York: St Martins Press, 1999. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 031224407x. ABout new book, unmarked, in bright dj with just a suggestion of shelf-life; 472 pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

-- B-Line Books

Book number: 16445

Catalogue: Fiction Firsts

Keywords: 031224407x Fiction

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Marsh King's Daughter

Great Britain, Time Warner. 2007. An as new paperback with a touch of cover curl, ; 1.1 x 7.56 x 4.96 Inches; 416 pages. As New.

-- The Old Bookshelf, UK

Book number: 37624

Catalogue: Adult - Historical Fiction/Romance

Keywords: Medieval Fiction Historical Fiction Medieval Historical Fiction

CHADWICK, ELIZABETH

The Marsh King's Daughter

London, Sphere, 2006. First printing of this edition. Paperback. First printing of this trade paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers - appears unread. Near Fine .

-- The Glass Key

Book number: 86495

Catalogue: Fiction