English | 2022 | ISBN: 1468314505 | 457 pages | True EPUB | 3.52 MB The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of womenâs suffrage
   Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded AgeâCarnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbiltâis a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the countryâs largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both before and after her lifetime, glimpses of the truth emerged, including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youth.    Â Diamonds & DeadlinesÂreveals the unknown, sensational life of...
