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. Read more.Ībstract: In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan''Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain''vividly brings to life a glittering, bygone age. He built his business and simultaneously began investing in. 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. Astor arrived in New York in 1784 and owned a fur trading business within a couple of years.
In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan''Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain''vividly brings to life a glittering, bygone age. When the Astors Owned New York by Justin Kaplan is a fascinating nonfiction account of the life and amazing times of an American family of great wealth and fame.
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