Astor : the rise and fall of an American fortune
(Audiobook CD)
Author
Contributors
Howe, Katherine, 1977- author.
Published
New York, NY : Harper Audio, 2023.
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Status
Port Angeles - Talking Books
AUDBK 974.71 COOPER
1 available
AUDBK 974.71 COOPER
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles - Talking Books | AUDBK 974.71 COOPER | Available |
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Physical Desc
7 audio discs (8 1/4 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063330108, 0063330105
Notes
Other Title
Rise and fall of an American fortune
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
PDF on disc 7.
Participants/Performers
Read by Anderson Cooper.
Description
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.