Description: Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe researched the Astor family from its beginning (1783) to it demise in 2009. Quite an interesting history that begins with John Jacob Astor basically owning all of downtown Manhattan and ending with Brooke Astor's son convicted of defrauding his elderly mother. In between a chapter describes to merging of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. In between a chapter describes John Jacob IV perishing in the Titanic. Cooper frequently references the Vanderbilt family of which he is a member.
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Astor
Author: Anderson Cooper
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Publisher: HarperCollins
Topic: Historic Figures