02445cam a2200385 i 4500 605443597 TxAuBib 20221104120000.0 210729s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021037373 9781400068852 HRD 45.00 1400068851 HRD 45.00 TxAuBib rda Meier, Andrew, author. Morgenthau [BOOK] : power, privilege, and the rise of an American dynasty / Andrew Meier. First edition. New York : Random House, [2022] xxi, 1046 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 901-995) and index. After coming to America from Germany in 1866, the Morgenthaus made history in international diplomacy, in domestic politics, and in America's criminal justice system. With unprecedented, exclusive access to family archives, award-winning journalist and biographer Andrew Meier vividly chronicles how the Morgenthaus amassed a fortune in Manhattan real estate, advised presidents, advanced the New Deal, exposed the Armenian genocide, rescued victims of the Holocaust, waged war in the Mediterranean and Pacific, and, from a foundation of private wealth, built a dynasty of public service. In the words of former mayor Ed Koch, they were "the closest we've got to royalty in New York City." This book is a portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize—and previously unmapped—influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American Century. Provided by publisher. 20221104. Morgenthau family. Morgenthau, Lazarus 1815-1897. Morgenthau, Henry 1856-1946. Morgenthau, Henry 1891-1967. Morgenthau, Robert M. Capitalists and financiers United States Biography. Jews United States Biography. Jews in public life United States. United States Politics and government 20th century. United States Foreign relations 20th century.