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When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
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Hardcover
from Viking Pr (June 1, 2006)
9780670037698 | details & prices | 196 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.
About: Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (June 26, 2007)
9780452288584 | details & prices | 196 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Traces the public and private lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, nineteenth-century heirs and rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.
About: Traces the public and private lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, nineteenth-century heirs and rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.