- Paperback: 324 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (20 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 059512822X
- ISBN-13: 978-0595128228
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.1 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,004,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Vicki Morgan, mistress to department store heir and Ronald Reagan confidante, Alfred Bloomingdale, lived beyond her years and died before her timethe victim of a brutal murder. Seething with power, intrigue, sex and obsession, it's a ringside seat into the darker habits of the world's rich and powerful.
About the Author
Gordon Basichis is a writer, Hollywood producer and an Internet executive. He lives with his wife and son in southern California, the very landscape where Vicki Morgan, Beautiful Bad Girl, shocked the world. Gordons first book was The Constant Travellers, a novel.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was totally caught up in this true tale of a naive and beautiful young woman, trapped in a world where power, sex and money reign. As the mistress to Alfred Bloomingdale, the department store heir and member of the kitchen cabinet, Vicki Morgan lived a life that few can imagine...a wild and ultimately tragic journey that ended in her brutal murder. What I loved about this book was its unwillingness to rely on predictable cliche. The author's insight sheds new light on a very old subject -- sex and power. The writing is personal, intimate, at times humorous and always engaging. If this book were published today, it would be a bestseller
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"I know one thing's for sure," Vicki declared. "I'm not staying here anymore. Alfred wants this and Bob wants that. Meanwhile I'm stuck in here (Mental Health Center) with no place to go. To hell with it! I'll check into the L'Ermitage. With what it costs for a suite there, somebody better do something."
I finished reading The Vicki Morgan Story last night, and I can only say that I was disappointed. I thought that there would be more substance and more excitement but no way. I guess having a love for Hollywood stories I cast my expectations a bit too high; no fault of the author of course.
It is sad that poor Vicki lacked the proper guidance to pull her into adulthood, relying on the pockets of older men and as far as I could see anyone who would give her money,she never worked and counted on her looks to get her by. I cannot fault her if she knew no better but the older men whom she hung withand who desperately wanted her, should never have taken advantage of her for sexual favours and attention.
May God rest her weary soul.
Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 09/08/07)
I finished reading The Vicki Morgan Story last night, and I can only say that I was disappointed. I thought that there would be more substance and more excitement but no way. I guess having a love for Hollywood stories I cast my expectations a bit too high; no fault of the author of course.
It is sad that poor Vicki lacked the proper guidance to pull her into adulthood, relying on the pockets of older men and as far as I could see anyone who would give her money,she never worked and counted on her looks to get her by. I cannot fault her if she knew no better but the older men whom she hung withand who desperately wanted her, should never have taken advantage of her for sexual favours and attention.
May God rest her weary soul.
Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 09/08/07)
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
A Pretty Girl Gone Wrong
3 April 2002
Format:Paperback
This is absolutely one of the wildest biographies I have ever read. If it wasn't true it would make great fiction, right up there with the sexy potboilers and confessionals I so love to read. This is the story of Vicki Morgan, longtime mistress to Alfred Bloomingdale, and the loved they shared, a strange and crazy kind of love that would lead to their mutual destruction. Here he was, scion of Bloomingdales Department Store, industrial magnate and member of Ronald Reagan's kitchen cabinet; and here she was a naive but gorgeous small town girl come to the big city.
This book has an epic sweep as Vicki Morgan, in a vain attempt to escape the married Bloomingdale, encounters a series of adventures with some of the world's most wealthy and powerful men. And women. It is not a tale for the faint hearted, but there are strong moral lessons--mainly there is a steep price for the glamour and the money men give for sexual favors.
The story is told from the author's point of view. He spent nine months with Vicki Morgan and was one of the last people to see her alive. The author, Gordon Basichis, gives us intimate insight into the making of a wordly rich girl who knows how to manipulate men for money, only to be trapped in the game she has profited by for so many years. Through the seventies and into the eighties she was getting at least a quarter millon dollars from these different lovers.
It's rare that I find a book so compelling. I love how the story describes the high life of power and money while showing, also, how this glitzy path leads to destruction and, in this case, murder. This was truly one of a kind.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Money and Power Prevail
17 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
Alred Bloomingdale was a rich, powerful man. He was part of Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet." Vicki Morgan was a poor, confused teenager and unwed mother. At 17, impressed with Bloomingdale's money and power, Vicki became Alfred's mistress. Their relationship lasted 13 years and was more than sex. It was Alfred's wish that Vicki be "taken care of" and he signed papers guaranteeing her a sum of money for a specified period of time. After his death, his wife Betsy, cut off the payments. This set in motion events which would lead to Vicki's brutal murder.
This book tells of their relationship from Vicki's point of view. It details the sado-masochistic parties, orgies and prostitutes that Alfred's money bought.
I enjoyed this book. I always believed that money enabled people to get away with many things that us normal, middle class people would be prosecuted for; this book confirms that. Whether you believe that Vicki was a tramp who took advantage of Alfred, or a confused girl who was taken advantage of by a rich, old man with bizarre sexual proclivities, Vicki certainly did not deserve to be beaten to death with a baseball bat.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
TRUE STORY
4 Dec 2001
Format:Hardcover
this book was very moving. the story of a mistress, who never can seem to find her way, but found love in a married man. the author got to knew vicki before her murder and this gives us great insight into her thoughts and feelings. i highly recommend this book, a great read from beginning to end.
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