When the Astors Owned New York
Subtitle: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: June 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780670037698
Subjects: New York (State); United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age; Hotels; U.S. History - Late 19th Century (1877-1900); United States - General; Business & Economics; History - U.S.; United States - 19th Century; History: American; New York; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History / United States / General; History; United States - 20th Century; Economic History; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
First sentence: WHEN THE Titanic went down in the North Atlantic on the night of April 14-15, 1912, she took with her John Jacob Astor IV.