Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded AgeAmong the fabled tycoons of the Gilded AgeCarnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbiltis a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She