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9780156032247
Women of the House How a Colonial She-merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty
by Zimmerman, Jean
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- ISBN-13: 9780156032247
- ISBN: 0156032244
- Publication Date: 2007
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
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"A tale of the American dream with a feminist twist."--Library Journal Brash and ambitious, twenty-two-year old Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse arrived in Manhattan and promptly built an empire of trading ships, furs, and real estateincluding all of today's Westchester County. She became the wealthiest woman on the Hudson while raising five children and keeping a spotless linen closet. And she did all this in 1659. Here is the captivating story of a dynasty of powerful, courageous women and the house they built from storehouse to mansion. "Lively and informative . . . with extraordinary research and energetic writing."--BookPage JEAN ZIMMERMANis the author of four books, includingMade from Scratch: Reclaiming the Pleasures of the American Hearth.She lives just north of Philipse Manor Hall in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.Zimmerman, Jean is the author of 'Women of the House How a Colonial She-merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty', published 2007 under ISBN 9780156032247 and ISBN 0156032244.
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