When the Astors Owned New York Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age

Justin Kaplan2006
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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.

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