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Big AlmaBernice Scharlach

Big Alma

Bernice Scharlach
2015383 pages
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"One of San Francisco's most vivid characters. Born with an unshakeable belief that she was destined for greatness, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (1881-1968) rose from poverty to become one of San Francisco's most powerful women. Alma's humble beginnings and scandalous lifestyle would alienate her from the cream of San Francisco society: she became an artists' model, befriended European royalty, married sugar magnate Adolph Spreckels, lived in the grandest mansion in San Francisco, and at age fifty-seven chartered a plane and eloped with a cowboy. But that same larger-than-life personality…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 1990
    Scottwall Associates · 334 pages · 9780942087116
  • Other · English · 2015
    383 pages · 9781597143295
  • Other · English · 1990
    Scottwall Associates · 337 pages · 9780942087055
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