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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Cooper, Anderson.     Subjects     Astor family.     Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.     Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 -- Family.     Astor, John Jacob, 1791-1869.     Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890.     Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912.     Astor, Brooke.     Upper class -- United States -- Biography.     Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.     New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cooper, Anderson.       by title:      Astor : the rise and...       by call number:      LP 974.7041 A858c     Search the Web     Cooper, Anderson.     Astor family.     Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.     Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 -- Family.     Astor, John Jacob, 1791-1869.     Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890.     Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912.     Astor, Brooke.     Upper class -- United States -- Biography.     Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.     New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.       MARC Display

Astor : the rise and fall of an American fortune / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. by Cooper, Anderson. HarperCollins Large Print, c2023. Call #: LP 974.7041 A858c Subjects Astor family.   Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.   Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 -- Family.   Astor, John Jacob, 1791-1869.   Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890.   Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912.   Astor, Brooke.   Upper class -- United States -- Biography.   Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.   New York (N.Y.) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780063347687 (large print pbk.) Alternate title:  Rise and fall of an American fortune Edition:  Large print ed. Description:  447 p. (large print) : ill., genealogical table ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "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."--From publisher. Genre:  Family histories. Other authors:  Howe, Katherine. Holds:  2   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Home Delivery - HN Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 974.7041 A858c Adult books Checked out Jul 26, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 974.7041 A858c Adult books Checked out Sep 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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