Show notes
These excerpts from the book Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. chronicle the life of Huguette Clark, the daughter of Gilded Age copper tycoon William Andrews Clark.
The text details the staggering magnitude of the Clark family fortune, which W.A. Clark amassed through mining, banking, and railroads, eventually constructing the most expensive private residence in New York City history.
While the father sought public power and social prominence, Huguette famously chose a life of extreme reclusion, spending her final decades in a hospital room despite owning palatial…
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