Astor, Anderson Cooper
Astor, Anderson Cooper
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Astor
The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

Bestseller

Author: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

Narrator: Anderson Cooper

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/19/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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 Astor’s 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 family’s story.In this unconventional, page-turning historical biography, #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.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper is an anchor at CNN and a correspondent for CBS’s 60 Minutes. He has won twenty Emmys and numerous other major journalism awards. Cooper is the author of the New York Times bestseller Astor (with Katherine Howe) and three number one New York Times bestsellers: The Rainbow Comes and Goes, Dispatches from the Edge, and Vanderbilt (with Katherine Howe). He lives in New York with his two sons.

About Katherine Howe

Katherine Howe is a novelist and a historian of America. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, The House of Velvet and Glass, and (with Anderson Cooper)Vanderbilt and Astor; the young adult novels Conversion and The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen; and she was the editor of The Penguin Book of Witches. She lives with her family in New England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on November 15, 2023

Do you know about the Astor family? You probably have heard the name and perhaps something about the Titanic guy but do you know how the Astors got their money? Astor: The Rise and Fall of An American Fortune came onto my radar when I came across the article: The 41 Fall Books We’re Most Excited to Re......more

Goodreads review by Fran on November 05, 2023

If you want backstairs gossip about the 1 percent -- exactly what jewels THE Mrs. Astor wore to which ball, which artifacts Will Astor bought for his medieval castle, which guests joined Vincent Astor on his yacht to Galapagos -- you'll love this book of trivia by a scion of the Astors' Gilded Age a......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on June 21, 2024

Journalist Anderson Cooper, scion of the (once) fabulously wealthy Vanderbilt family partnered with historian Katherine Howe to write about his ancestors. The book, Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, was an excellent overview of the legendary clan. Cooper partnered with Howe once a......more

Goodreads review by Scottsdale Public Library on March 27, 2024

The infamous Astor family, we have all heard of them in one way or another. Whether it be via their estates/historical sites on the east coast or through pop culture moments, like The Gilded Age or Titanic. But who really knows why the Astor name was so prominent through New York's social scene? And......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 19, 2024

Catching up… This was a donation to my Little Free Library Shed. And… Since I am intrigued with historical figures, I thought why not read it. It just took me a while to get through it. And I forgot about mentioning I had it on my to read list. So… What happened with this book and me? Astor. If you look......more

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