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When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age | Justin Kaplan
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In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan--Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain--vividly brings to life a glittering, bygone age. Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, cousins John Jacob Astor IV (…more)
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#OppositeDay #Poor The story of the Astor family and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
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TheKidUpstairs Ooh, sounds interesting! 4y
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Mehso-so

The writing of this was a bit bland, but it was still a somewhat interesting story of the Astor family and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It also talked about some of the Astor properties in England. #ReadingThroughTheYears192021 #2006

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This is what the TBR Jar picked for me to read next. I started it yesterday and I'm about halfway through. It's not as interesting as I'd hoped, but I'm going to finish it because it's a short book. #coffeeandabook #TBRJar

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Crazeedi Is this a good book? It looks interesting ! 6y
CoffeeNBooks @Crazeedi I don't know- I found it for this prompt, and I put it on my TBR list because it sounds good. 6y
Cinfhen I‘m stacking it too #stacked 6y
BarbaraBB It sounds fascinating. Another hotel book that does! So many today! (edited) 6y
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen This is the best prompts far this month, don‘t you think? So many intriguing ones! 6y
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