The story of a rise to fame and fortune from an immigrant family, to its modern downfall by way of greed, breakthrough journalism, and a breakdown of family value. From America's fur-trade, to the glitz and corruption of the Gilded Age; from the industrialization of American to the tragedy of the Titanic, the story of the house of Astor becomes mirrored with the story of American in Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe's focused historical biography, fit with black and white photographs throughout.
First edition specially bound with plate and page of Anderson Cooper's signature.