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The Passing of the Idle Rich

Frederick Townsend Martin

Publisher: e-artnow

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The following publication is a collection of essays written by Frederick Townsend Martin; a New York City writer, advocate for the poor, and an acknowledged leader of society in New York. He was referred to as a "millionaire with a mission." And here, he published his perspective of what he calls "the early excesses of the earliest of the idle rich, condoned by the leaders of society in that day."
Available since: 12/10/2023.
Print length: 85 pages.

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