Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe

Book Overview

A NPR Best Book of the Year

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062964704
• ISBN13: 9780062964700
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Meh

A decidedly hum-drum account of the Astor fortune, with mind-numbing accounts of worthless expenditures by a family out of touch with reality. I found myself turning page after page with the barest of interest.