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"""A brisk, entertaining history of the Astors, a storied dynasty that left an indelible mark on New York's streets, parks, museums, libraries, hotels, and a famous gay bar...A spirited saga of glitz and greed."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""An engaging, multigenerational story that is factual and nuanced."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""This meticulously detailed family saga is also rich with insight into US history, including revealing chapters on topics ranging from mid-19th-century populist sentiments concerning Shakespeare and the early 20th-century gay scene. History buffs and readers fascinated by the rich and famous should take note."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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Anderson Cooper joined CNN in 2001 and has anchored his own program, Anderson Cooper 360°, since March 2003. Cooper has won 18 Emmys and numerous other major journalism awards. He lives in New York with his sons. Anderson Cooper joined CNN in 2001 and has anchored his own program, Anderson Cooper 360°, since March 2003. Cooper has won 18 Emmys and numerous other major journalism awards. He lives in New York with his sons. Katherine Howe is the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, The House of Velvet and Glass, and Conversion. She hosted Salem: Unmasking the Devil for the National Geographic Channel, and her fiction has been translated into over twenty-five languages. A native Texan, she lives in New England and upstate New York, where she teaches at Cornell and is at work on her next novel.

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