Rising from Katrina: How My Mississippi Hometown Lost It All and Found What Mattered

Gilded Age New York: Trace the family’s rise from a beaver trapping empire to their undisputed reign over New York's high society, setting the rules for a nation’s elite.
Wealth and Power: Discover how a fortune built on fur and Manhattan real estate allowed the Astors to insert themselves into the fabric of American political and cultural life for generations.
An American Dynasty: Follow the stunning ambition and shocking reinventions of the Astor family, from German immigrant John Jacob Astor in 1783 to the courtroom conviction of Brooke Astor’s son in 2009.
Famous Tragedies: Experience the family's most public moments, including the most famous loss on the Titanic , one of many unexpected twists in this true story.

Name: Rising from Katrina: How My Mississippi Hometown Lost It All and Found What Mattered
ISBN: 9780895873835