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Author Cooper, Anderson, author.

Title ASTOR : THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN FORTUNE / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe.

Edition First Harper Large Print edition, Large print edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
1 hold on first copy returned of 8 copies
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3076520~S1
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 95th Street Adult Large Type Nonfiction-NEW  974.71 COO    DUE 06-08-24
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Description 447 pages (large print) : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print rda
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-447)
Subject Astor family.
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 -- Family.
Astor, Brooke -- Family.
Upper class -- United States -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Added Author Howe, Katherine, author.
Added Title Astor, the rise and fall of an American fortune
ISBN 9780063347687 pbk.
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