Clark handed in his resignation in an attempt to trick his way around the rules, but failed. Unfortunately, Clark’s first run for Congress ended when an investigation showed that he bribed officials for their votes. After the death of his wife, Clark got involved in politics. In Butte, Clark built one of the finest homes the city had ever seen. Eventually Clark bought several copper mines, took classes in mineralogy to teach him how to make the most of those mines, and became one of the richest men in America.Ĭlark married and had seven children with his first wife. Clark settled in Montana where he began making his fortune first in selling groceries to miners and then by moving the mail to remote parts of the state. As a young man, he moved to the west coast in hopes of finding gold. The writers of this book found not only what illuminates the life of a woman who valued privacy above all else, but how greed can motivate even those who should have the best interests of a patient at heart. When Huguette Clark died, her life as a recluse who lived in a hospital for twenty years not only caught the attention of curious reporters, but the district attorney of New York City and various Clark family members who wanted to know what had happened to their aunt’s wealth. Clark, an American entrepreneur who made the bulk of his fortune in copper mines. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune is a biography by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
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