Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
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Book Overview
A NPR Best Book of the Year 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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0062964704
ISBN13:9780062964700
Release Date:September 2023
Publisher:Harper
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Meh
Published by Tebel Shaw , 1 month ago
A decidedly hum-drum account of the Astor fortune, with mind-numbing accounts of worthless expenditures by a family out of touch with reality. I found myself turning page after page with the barest of interest.
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