02391cam a2200361 i 4500 1045616081 TxAuBib 20231206120000.0 230911s2023||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u bl2023065256 9780063347687 PAP 36.99 0063347687 PAP 36.99 TxAuBib rda Cooper, Anderson, author. Astor [LARGE PRINT] : the rise and fall of an American fortune / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. First Harper Large Print edition, Large print edition. New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-447) and index. "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 historical biography, 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. 20231206. Astor family. Astor, John Jacob 1763-1848 Family. Astor, Brooke Family. Upper class United States Biography. New York (N.Y) Biography. Biographies. Large print books. Howe, Katherine, author.