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When the Astors Owned New York : Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
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Genres: History, Religion & Spirituality
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: History, Religion & Spirituality
Book Type: Hardcover
Helpful Score: 1
I had high hopes for this rather small book (180 pages) but came away disappointed. I'm not sure Mr. Kaplan, who authored a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Mark Twain, knew what he wanted to accomplish with this book. It's certainly not a definitive biography of this unique family, nor of the grand hotels they built. It attempts to find the middle ground and explain a bit about each, but comes up woefully short in both arenas.