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Dickinson, Rachel

 
9781493048144: American Dynasties: A History of Founding and Influential American Families
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ISBN 10 : 1493048147 ISBN 13 : 9781493048144
Editeur : Lyons Press, 2021

Synopsis

No one likes to believe that America has its own aristocracy, but the families described in this narrative share how these American families climbed the social ladder and their resulting legacies. Approached from a historical lens, learn about the great and influential families, their rise and sometimes their fall, including the following families:Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Ford, Getty, Hearst, Morgan, Astor, Coors, Adams, Kennedy, Nampeyo, Wyeth, Carter, and Barrymore.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rachel Dickinson is a writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications including The Atlantic, Smithsonian.com, Outside, Men’s Journal, American Way, Aeon, Salon, and Audubon. She has been awarded two Travel Classics awards, an American Society of Journalists and Authors award for best book, a National Endowment for the Humanities Youth Fellowship, and a coveted Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. The author of Falconer on the Edge: A Man, His Birds, and the Vanishing Landscape of the American West, she lives in Freeville, New York.

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Éditeur
Lyons Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1493048147
ISBN 13 
9781493048144
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
248
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