Margalit Fox: The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum

In this episode of Library Talks , award-winning journalist Margalit Fox joins Library Talks to discuss her latest book, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss, the true story of a once-infamous criminal mastermind and visionary businesswoman in Gilded Age New York. Drawing on deep historical research, Fox tells the true story of a once-famous heroine whose life exemplifies—and simultaneously upends—America's enduring rags-to-riches narrative, placing Mandelbaum's story within the larger context of nineteenth-century crime in New York City's Gilded Age.

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Margalit Fox: The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum is an episode from The New York Public Library Podcast by The New York Public Library.

This episode is 55:38 long.

This episode was published on Dec 24, 2025.

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