| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 259 pages : illustrations, genealogy chart ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes genealogical charts on endpapers. |
| Contents |
Rokeby dreams. The legacy -- Guards of order -- The mentor -- Venison stew -- The Conference -- A meticulous record -- Elements of disorder. Sunday mornings -- The outlaw -- Past perfect -- Artists and drifters. The irregulars -- A seed is planted -- All in a summer's plunder. A parallel universe -- An imported order -- Repossessed -- Indisputable -- Animal wars -- A manly endeavor -- Like proper aristocrats -- Other exiles. Home and away -- Migrations -- Practically orphans -- Into the mouth of Hell -- A dream fulfilled -- In search of self. Blending in -- Interviewed -- The elusive edge. |
| Summary |
Aldrich, a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980's childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family's Hudson Valley Mansion; and her brave escape from the clan. |
| Subject |
Aldrich, Alexandra.
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Aldrich, Alexandra -- Family.
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Astor family.
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Aldridge family.
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Upper class -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Biography.
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History -- 21st century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780062207937: $24.99 |
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0062207938 |
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