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Astor Orphan, The
Astor Orphan, The
Book Category:
Biography & Autobiography > Personal Memoirs
Author:
Aldrich, Alexandra
Editor::
Redmon (HR)
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780062207937
Price:
USD 24.99
Publication Year:
2013

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Book Description

The Astor Orphan is an unflinching debut memoir by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldrich.
She brilliantly tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family's Hudson Valley Mansion; and her brave escape from the clan. Aldrich reaches back to the Gilded Age when the Astor legacy began to come undone, leaving the Aldrich branch of the family penniless and squabbling over what was left.

 
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