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Diamond: Story of Man?s Greatest Greed
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Many thanks to sir Ernest Oppenheimer,
chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.,
and of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, Ltd.,
and to all the officials of those companies
to whom I turned for help.
Most of the material in this book originally appeared in
The New Yorker,
some of it in different form.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number
56-9394
Copyright
© 1956
by Emily Hahn Boxer Copyright
1956
by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Designed by Alma Reese Cardi
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Hahn. Diamond.
Preface & Contents
Ch. 1
: Kimberly
Ch. 2
: Old Digger, Old Fool
Ch. 3
: The Giants
Ch. 4
: The Premier
Ch. 5
: And Son (Oppenheimer)
Ch. 6
: The Cutters
Ch. 7
: Shade Ballantine Hannay
Ch. 8
: Staring at the Stones
Ch. 9
: Paradise -- Limited
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