| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
7 audio discs (8 1/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.) |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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audio file rdaft |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. |
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Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Read by Anderson Cooper. |
| Summary |
From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society. Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe chronicle the lives of the Astors and explore what the Astor name has come to mean in America, offering a window onto the making of America itself. |
| Subject |
Astor family.
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Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 -- Family.
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Astor, Brooke -- Family.
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Upper class -- United States -- Biography.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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HISTORY / General.
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
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HISTORY / Social History.
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HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Howe, Katherine, author.
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| Added Title |
Astor, the rise and fall of an American fortune |
| ISBN |
9798212695299 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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9798212695305 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
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