Displaying 1 of 1 2006 Format: Book Author: Kaplan, Justin. Title: When the Astors owned New York : blue bloods and grand hotels in a Gilded Age / Justin Kaplan. Publisher, Date: New York : Viking, 2006. Description: ix, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic. Subjects: Astor family. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- History. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- History. Hotels -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index. Contents: The house of Astor -- Town topics -- Inventor and novelist -- Palaces for the people -- "A new thing under the sun" -- After the ball was over -- Aladdin -- "Mine! All mine!" -- Baron Astor of Hever Castle -- End of the line. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2005057471 ISBN: 0670037699 9780670037698 9780452288584 0452288584 Other Number: 62302614 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 174651 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 647.94 Kaplan Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
