When the Astors Owned New York by Justin Kaplan

In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin KaplanPulitzer. 2007 by Justin Kaplan (Author) 830 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 4.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 17.61 5 Used from 16.07 4 New from 52.75 Paperback 12.26 10 Used from 1.16 5 New from 12.

When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a. When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age 208 by Justin KaplanJustin Kaplan Editorial Reviews eBook 7.99 View All Available Formats & Editions Paperback 18.00 eBook 7.99 eBook 7.99 View All Available Formats & Editions Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. Astors Owned New York : Blue Bloods And Grand Hotels In A Gilded Age EPUB 1a7e6ht97k5o. When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age Paperback Illustrated, 26 Jun. In this fascinating anecdotal history, Pulitzer Prize winner Justin Kaplan reacquaints us with the men whose palaces gave us the chafing dish, the velvet rope, and the standards of luxury and fashion that preoccupy us to this day. (With Anne Bernays) Back Then: Two Lives in 1950s New York, Morrow (New York, NY), 2002. For three decades around the turn of the nineteenth century, they vied for dominance of high society, creating the grandest hotels the world had ever seen-perfect fusion of excess and efficiency that became America's castles of capitalism. Book SummaryĮndowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, cousins John Jacob Astor IV and William Waldorf Astor lived incomparably privileged lives in the blaze of public attention. Else, the pages are unmarked and the binding is tight. Inside, the pages are foxing and there is a mark of ownership from the previous owner to the front endpaper. There is a remainder mark on the bottom page edges. When the Astors Owned New York by Justin Kaplan is a 196-page softcover published in 2007 by the Penguin Group.