Author: Sanger, Martha Frick Symington
Title: Helen Clay Frick: Bittersweet Heiress
Description: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008. Hardcover. Slipcase covered in green cloth; Green cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 391 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. A richly detailed and thorough biography of twentieth-century philanthropist and cultural force Helen Clay Frick. Inscribed by the author. Contents as follows: Sister (1888-1891) -- Daughter (1892-1903) -- Young woman (1904-1912) -- Father (1913-1919) -- The family claim (1920-1931) -- On her own (1932-1939) -- War (1940-1950) -- The mantle (1951-1964) -- Last stand (1965-1980) -- Back in her father's house (1981-1984). A biography of steel-industry heiress Helen Clay Frick written by her great-niece, discussing the experiences that shaped her early life, and looking at her determination to carry on her father's philanthropic efforts, as well as her independent contributions as a humanitarian, philanthropist, and cultural force in the early twentieth century. VG .

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