The Leading Business Men of Norwich and Vicinity, Embracing Greeneville and Preston...
The Leading Business Men of Norwich and Vicinity, Embracing Greeneville and Preston...

Author: William Hale Beckford

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781314961409

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Norwich in the Gilded Age
Norwich in the Gilded Age

Author: Patricia F Staley

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1625847254

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A photo-filled history of Norwich, Connecticut, and the families, fashions, and fortunes of its elite nineteenth-century residents. Stroll down Norwich’s most fashionable mile of millionaires’ mansions and mingle with the extraordinary people who lived and played behind their elegant facades during the glamorous Gilded Age. Wealthy manufacturers and merchants constructed magnificent mansions, many of which survive today, along this trendiest triangle in the glitzy “Rose of New England,” conveniently nestled between Boston and New York. Tricia Staley has uncovered forgotten scandals like the Blackstone baby kidnapping and the bank cashiers who embezzled thousands of dollars from wealthy residents, as well as the drama of fortunes made and lost. Meet Tiffany’s founding partner John Young, rubber shoe manufacturing king William A. Buckingham, the Slaters, Greenes, and Hubbards, and more salacious, stylish titans of industry and extravagance.