When the Astors Owned New York
Subtitle: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
Publisher: Plume
Published: June 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780452288584
Subjects: U.S. History - Late 19th Century (1877-1900); History; History - U.S.; History: American; United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History / General; Economic History; United States - 19th Century; United States - 20th Century
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.