Overview
A NPR Best Book of the Year
The number oneĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling authors ofĀ VanderbiltĀ return with anotherĀ riveting history ofĀ a legendary American family, theĀ Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune.
The story of theĀ AstorsĀ is a quintessentially American storyāof ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.
From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astorās son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society.
The familyĀ fortune,Ā first madeĀ byĀ aĀ beaver trapping business that grew into an empire,Ā wasĀ then amplified by holdings inĀ ManhattanĀ real estate. Over the ensuing generations,Ā AstorsĀ ruledĀ Gilded AgeĀ New York societyĀ andĀ inserted themselves into political and cultural life,Ā but also suffered the mostĀ famous loss on theĀ Titanic,Ā one ofĀ many shocking and unexpected twists inĀ the familyās story.
In this unconventional, page-turningĀ historical biography, featuring black-and-white and color photographs,Ā #1Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling authorsĀ Anderson Cooper andĀ KatherineĀ HoweĀ chronicle the lives of theĀ AstorsĀ and explore what the Astor name has come to mean in Americaāoffering a window onto the making of America itself.
This book title, Astor (The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune), ISBN: 9780062964663, by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, published by HarperCollins (September 17, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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