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The Silver Swan: In Search of Doris Duke

A bold portrait of Doris Duke, the defiant and notorious tobacco heiress who was perhaps the greatest modern woman philanthropist.

In The Silver Swan, Sallie Bingham chronicles one of the great underexplored lives of the twentieth century and the very archetype of the modern woman. “Don’t touch that girl, she’ll burn your fingers,” FBI director J. Edgar Hoover once said about Doris Duke, the inheritor of James Buchanan Duke’s billion-dollar tobacco fortune. During her lifetime, she would be blamed for scorching many, including her mother and various ex-lovers. She established her first foundation when she was twenty-one; cultivated friendships with the likes of Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos, and Michael Jackson; flaunted interracial relationships; and adopted a thirty-two year-old woman she believed to be the reincarnation of her deceased daughter. This is also the story of the great houses she inhabited, including the classically proportioned limestone mansion on Fifth Avenue, the sprawling Duke Farms in New Jersey, the Gilded Age ma

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Born on Nov. 22, 1912 in New York City, Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Power, and his second wife, Nanaline Holt Inman Duke. When J.B. Duke died in 1925, he divided his fortune between Doris and the Duke Endowment—a foundation that he established to serve the people of the Carolinas and continues to operate as an independent foundation, headquartered in Charlotte. Because Doris Duke was only 12 years old when her father passed, she inherited her share of his estate over a series of years, beginning with her 21st birthday.

Upon receiving the first installment in 1934, Doris Duke established Independent Aid, Inc., her first charitable foundation. Over the course of her life, Duke gave away the equivalent of more than $400 million in today’s dollars—often anonymously. Her philanthropic interests were wide ranging and included supporting the welfare of women and children, mental health, social work, Native communities, early family pl

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The unlikely surfing life story of billionaire Doris Duke

Born November 22, 1912, to tobacco tycoon James Buchanan Duke, Doris Duke was no ordinary heiress. The "richest girl in the world" was also a women's surfing pioneer.

While her father's legacy with the American Tobacco Company and Duke Power laid the foundation for her fortune, Doris was far from the stereotypical spoiled, wealthy girl.

After inheriting his estate upon turning 21, she founded Independent Aid, Inc., her first charitable foundation, setting the tone for life-defying expectations.

In 1935, Doris Duke married James H. R. Cromwell and embarked on a honeymoon that was more of a global exploration.

Traveling through the Middle East and Asia, they amassed a significant art collection.

This journey introduced many cultural fascinations that would occupy Duke throughout her life, culminating in a stay in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Meeting the Kahanamoku Family

Duke's arrival in Hawaii marked the beginning of her love affair with the island - and its famed surfing culture.

Introduced to the Kahanamoku family,