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ISBN: 0452288584

ISBN13: 9780452288584

When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age

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By Justin Kaplan

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Book Overview

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

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0452288584

ISBN13:9780452288584

Release Date:June 2007

Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.52 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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New York City History Biography 19th Century 20th Century Economic History Economics History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) State & Local

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Rated 1 stars
Don't Buy Boring & No Facts

By G, August 2, 2024 Verified Purchase

One Of The Worst Books I Ever Read. Author. Is All Over The Place. In His. Writing ; I Never Kno Which. Astor. He Is Referring. To. Confusing. &. Jst. Bores. U To Death. I Never Liked Fiction. &. This Book Doesn't Seem. Factual. He Goes From 1800S To 1900S. Not. Telling Us Facts. What Happen. Yea. Built. Waldorf Astoria. How. Who. Who Designed It. Who Stayed There. Sorry. But...

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Astors on a budget

By Thriftbooks.com User, July 4, 2006

When The Astors Owned New York is a wonderfully concise version of a period in American history. It is not meant to be a person-by-person account of the Astor family, virtually skipping the grand Mrs. Astor as she is only tangentially related to the plot, which is the change in America during the Gilded Age. By centering on great-grandsons of the dynasty's founder, Kaplan is able to connect their wealth and dreams to that...

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Rated 4 stars
"May The Force Be With You" and the Astor's

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 21, 2006

I really enjoyed this book and appreciated the many imfomative anecdotes that the author obviously searched out...take it from me...after reading MANY accounts of the famous Bradley-Martin Ball, this author actually researched the fact that the U.S. Marine Band was sent up from Washington. In all the accounts of this famous evening that are available, all that is mentioned is "a band" played ...that's the sort of detail that...

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