Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Katherine Howe, Anderson Cooper

Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

Katherine Howe, Anderson Cooper

336 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

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The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony Ma...

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inspiring 6%
adventurous 3%
challenging 3%
dark 3%
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mysterious 3%
relaxing 3%

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fast 18%

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