Astor : the rise and fall of an American fortune
(Playaway)
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023].
Format
Playaway
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9798822675704
Physical Desc
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Harwich Brooks Free Library - Adult | PLAYAWAY 92 ASTOR | On Shelf |
Orleans Snow Library - New | PLAYAWAY 92 ASTO | On Shelf |
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023].
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9798822675704
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Title from Playaway label.
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Release date supplied by publisher.
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
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Previously released by HarperCollins, 2023.
Description
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. 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 Astors 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 familys story. In this unconventional, page-turning historical biography, featuring black-and-white and color photographs, #1 New York Times bestselling authors 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.
Target Audience
Adult.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cooper, A., & Howe, K. (2023). Astor: the rise and fall of an American fortune (Unabridged.). Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cooper, Anderson and Katherine, Howe. 2023. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune. Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cooper, Anderson and Katherine, Howe. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cooper, Anderson,, and Katherine Howe. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Unabridged., Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
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