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Book Title: Grandes Dames : The Wonderfully Uninhibited Ladies Who Used Their Wealth and Position to Create American Culture in Their Own Images--From the Gilded Age to Modern Times
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 5.9in.
Author: Stephen Birmingham
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Women, United States / 20th Century, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social History
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
