They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century
with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and
Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue
mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small businesses
into imposing enterprises and amassed spectacular fortunes. But
despite possessing breathtaking wealth that rivaled the Astors and
Rockefellers, they were barred by the gentile establishment from
the lofty realm of "the 400," a register of New York's most elite,
because of their religion and humble backgrounds. In response, they
created their own elite "100," a privileged society as opulent and
exclusive as the one that had refused them entry. Our Crowd is the
fascinating story of this rarefied society. Based on letters,
documents, diary entries, and intimate personal remembrances of
family lore by members of these most illustrious clans, it is an
engrossing portrait of upper-class Jewish life over two centuries;
a riveting story of the bankers, brokers, financiers,
philanthropists, and business tycoons who started with nothing and
turned their family names into American institutions.
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