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Margalit Fox: The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum

Margalit Fox: The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum

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In this episode of Library Talks, award-winning journalist Margalit Fox joins Library Talks to discuss her latest book, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss, the true story of a once-infamous criminal mastermind and visionary businesswoman in Gilded Age New York.

Drawing on deep historical research, Fox tells the true story of a once-famous heroine whose life exemplifies—and simultaneously upends—America's enduring rags-to-riches narrative, placing Mandelbaum's story within the larger context of nineteenth-century crime in New York City's Gilded Age.

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