Wasps: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

by Michael Knox Beran

Book Overview

An examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures. Envied and lampooned, misunderstood and yet distinctly American, WASPs are as much a culture, socioeconomic and ethnic designation, and state of mind.

Charming, witty, and vigorously researched, WASPS traces the rise and fall of this distinctly American phenomenon through the lives of prominent icons from Henry Adams to Theodore Roosevelt,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643137069
• ISBN13: 9781643137063
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"