Legacy
Subtitle: a biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg
By: Christopher Ogden.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 615
Subjects: Annenberg, Walter H., 1908-; Annenberg, Moses Louis, 1878-; Journalists -- United States -- Biography.; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.; Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.; Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The father fled East Prussia to escape the 1880s pogroms and, as a penniless immigrant boy, hawked newspapers on the streets of Chicago. The son, who lives on Philadelphia's Main Line and on a palatial California estate, is a multibillionaire and America's most generous living philanthropist. Legacy is an epic saga of how Moses and Walter Annenberg built a vast publishing empire and one of the nation's greatest family fortunes.

Sweeping through the century, the story encompasses brutal circulation wars, bookie parlors and racetracks, a lethal presidential vendetta, the glory days of Hollywood and of television, diplomatic drawing rooms. White House intrigues, tangled romances, a tragic suicide, extravagant social climbing. Britain's royal family, a fabled art collection, and astonishing generosity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.