When the Astors Owned New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When the Astors Owned New York write by Justin Kaplan. This book was released on 2006-06-01. When the Astors Owned New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan––Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain––vividly brings to life a glittering, bygone age. Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, cousins John Jacob Astor IV and William Waldorf Astor vied for primacy in New York society, producing the grandest hotels ever seen in a marriage of ostentation and efficiency that transformed American social behavior. Kaplan exposes it all in exquisite detail, taking readers from the 1890s to the Roaring Twenties in a combination of biography, history, architectural appreciation, and pure reading pleasure
When the Astors Owned New York
When the Astors Owned New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When the Astors Owned New York write by Justin Kaplan. This book was released on 2007-06-26. When the Astors Owned New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan––Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain––vividly brings to life a grand story from the glittering Gilded Age. Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, cousins John Jacob Astor IV and William Waldorf Astor vied for primacy in New York society, producing the grandest hotels ever seen in a marriage of ostentation and efficiency that transformed American social behavior. Kaplan exposes it all in exquisite detail, taking readers from the 1890s to the Roaring Twenties in a combination of biography, history, architectural appreciation, and pure reading pleasure
Mrs. Astor's New York
Mrs. Astor's New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mrs. Astor's New York write by Eric Homberger. This book was released on 2004-09-01. Mrs. Astor's New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story, told here by Eric Homberger, sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy.
The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story
The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story write by Frances Kiernan. This book was released on 2008-05-17. The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life." —O, The Oprah Magazine This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor’s friends and the heads of New York’s great cultural institutions, gives us back the woman so loved and admired. At the age of 51, Brooke Astor wedded the notoriously ill-tempered Vincent Astor, who died in 1959. In a highly publicized courtroom battle, she fought off an attempt to break Vincent’s will, which left $67 million to the Vincent Astor Foundation. As the foundation’s president, Mrs. Astor would use this legacy to benefit New York City. She would personally visit every grant applicant and charm anyone she met. At her hundredth birthday, princes and presidents honored her, but in 2006 a grandson petitioned the courts to have his father removed as Brooke’s guardian. Once again an Astor court battle became the stuff of headlines.
John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook John Jacob Astor write by Axel Madsen. This book was released on 2002-03-14. John Jacob Astor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors: "A well-written biography."-New York Times On Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck: "Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature . . . reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control."-Christian Science Monitor On Chanel: A Woman of Her Own: "Fascinating . . . . Takes the reader behind the coromandel veneers of Chanel's life."-New York Times Book Review "Carefully knits together the complex pattern of Chanel's complicated existence. It's not an easy task."-Toronto Globe and Mail On Gloria and Joe: "Axel Madsen finally gives the public a fascinating chronicle of the romance that could have ruined more than two careers."-Dallas Morning News On Cousteau: "Both critical and understanding. And it is exceptionally readable. Readers are well advised to take the plunge."-Chicago Tribune On Malraux: "Will stand as the best of more than a dozen books about Malraux in print."-Kansas City Star
