Blue Blood

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Morrow, 1988 - Biography & Autobiography - 432 pages
Rebekah Harkness was one of the world's richest women, the Standard Oil heiress and founding patron of the Harkness Ballet. But beneath the elegant surface lurked a driven woman tormented by personal demons. This biography tells the story of how one of the richest families descended into a world of drugs, madness, suicide, and violence.

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Contents

THE GOGO YEARS
139
THE CRACK IN THE MIRROR
163
12
173
Copyright

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About the author (1988)

Craig Unger is an American journalist and writer, based in New York City. He is a graduate of Harvard University. His career includes former deputy editor of The New York Observer and former editor-in-chief of Boston Magazine. His work has been published in Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Esquire, The New Republic, The New Yorker, and other publications. He has appeared as an analyst on MSNBC, CNN, the ABC Radio Network, and other broadcast outlets. He is the author of Blue Blood; House of Bush, House of Saud; The Fall of the House of Bush; American Armageddon; Boss Rove; When Women Win (with co-author Ellen Malcolm); and House of Trump, House of Putin.

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