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Astor - The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (Large print, Large type / large print edition)
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Astor - The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (Large print, Large type / large print edition)
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The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt
return with another riveting history of a legendary American
family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune.
The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story--of
ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. From 1783, when
German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United
States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, was
convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied
a unique place in American society. The family fortune, first made
by a beaver trapping business that grew into an empire, was then
amplified by holdings in Manhattan real estate. Over the ensuing
generations, Astors ruled Gilded Age New York society and inserted
themselves into political and cultural life, but also suffered the
most famous loss on the Titanic, one of many shocking and
unexpected twists in the family's story. In this unconventional,
page-turning historical biography, featuring black-and-white and
color photographs, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Anderson
Cooper and Katherine Howe chronicle the lives of the Astors and
explore what the Astor name has come to mean in America--offering a
window onto the making of America itself.
General
Imprint: |
Collins
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Anderson Cooper
• Katherine Howe
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
528 |
Edition: |
Large type / large print edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-334768-7 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-06-334768-7 |
Barcode: |
9780063347687 |
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