02739cam a2200373 i 4500 1022719694 TxAuBib 20231012120000.0 230509s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023021875 9780062964700 0062964704 DLC eng rda DLC GCmBT NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Cooper, Anderson, author. Astor : the rise and fall of an American fortune / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. Astor, the rise and fall of an American fortune. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. 322 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-308) and index. New York, 1784 -- Astoria, 1810 -- Massacre Opera House, 1849 -- 840 Fifth Avenue, 1908 -- Waldorf-Astoria, 1928 -- Hever Castle, 1916 -- Rokeby, 1875 -- Halifax, April 15, 1912 -- Blackwell's Island, 1910 -- Mrs. Astor's Bar, 1910 to 1966 -- Ferncliff, 1952 -- The last Astor, 2013 -- Epilogue. 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, featuring black-and-white and color photographs, #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. Provided by publisher. 20231012. Astor family. Astor, John Jacob 1763-1848 Family. Astor, Brooke Family. Upper class United States Biography. New York (N.Y) Biography. Howe, Katherine, author. TXNES