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Last Mrs. Astor : a New York story / Frances Kiernan.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating CT275.A847 K54 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiernan, Frances.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astor, Brooke.
- Socialites--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Socialites.
- Philanthropists--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2007]
- Summary:
- A former editor at "The New Yorker" revisits the fabulous life of Brooke Astor, a pioneer of philanthropy and for decades a luminary of New York society. of photos.
- Contents:
- 1 The Union Club, November 18, 1998 15
- 2 The Patchwork Childhood, 1902-1919 27
- 3 Mrs. Dryden Kuser, 1919-1929 52
- 4 Charles Marshall, 1929-1952 69
- 5 Vincent Astor, 1953-1959 100
- 6 Vincent's Legacies, 1959-1968 136
- 7 A Great Small Foundation, 1968-1976 166
- 8 Brooke, 1977-1996 200
- 9 A Courageous Act, 1996-2001 233
- 10 A Full Life, 1996-2001 250
- 11 Timing Is Everything, 2002-2006 264.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Schneidman fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780393057201
- 0393057208
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