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StatusElectronic
Call NoOverdrive
Title Astor [electronic resource] : The rise and fall of an american fortune. Anderson Cooper.
Author Cooper, Anderson.
CollectioneBook
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Other Classification Number BIO003000 HIS036040 HIS036060 bisacsh
Personal Name Cooper, Anderson.
Title Statement Astor [electronic resource] : The rise and fall of an american fortune. Anderson Cooper.
Edition Statement Unabridged.
Imprint New York : HarperAudio, 2023.
Physical Description 1 online resource (10 audio files) : digital
Playing Time 08:18:53
Content Type spoken word spw rdacontent
Media Type audio s rdamedia
Media Type computer c rdamedia
Carrier Type online resource rdacarrier
General Note Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note Narrator: Anderson Cooper.
Summary, Etc. 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 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, #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. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
System Details Note Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term History. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Nonfiction. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Business. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Biography & Autobiography. OverDrive
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Added Entry, Personal Name Cooper, Anderson.
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