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Astor - The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
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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: |
Harper
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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 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-296470-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-06-296470-4 |
Barcode: |
9780062964700 |
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