{"product_id":"9780063359314","title":"Astor: The Rise And Fall Of An American Fortune","description":"Author: Anderson Cooper\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780063359314\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Sep 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe number one \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling authors of \u003cem\u003eVanderbilt\u003c\/em\u003e return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eTitanic,\u003c\/em\u003e one of many shocking and unexpected twists in the family’s story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unconventional, page-turning historical biography, featuring black-and-white and color photographs, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46661161779358,"sku":"HPC-9780063359314","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780063359314.jpg?v=1775014016","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780063359314","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}