When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
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June 1, 2006
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ISBN-13: 9780670037698
ISBN-10: 0670037699
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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. 30 000 first printing.