Our Crowd : The Great Jewish Families of New York (0815604114)

A novelist who has specialised in creating tales of the rich and well placed offers an insider's view of one of the wealthiest segments of an affluent city: Jewish upper--class life in New York.
Working with diaries, letters, and personal reminiscences supplied by members of interwoven families--Loeb, Lehman, straus, seligman, and Guggenheism, among others--Stephen Birmingham has assembled a remarkable composite portrait. some of his tales are wildly funny. others are poignant. All are set within a world of numbing opulence--Fifth Avenue mansions, chateaux on Long Island, castles in Westchester, vast art collections--millions given away so quietly and steadily that they have never properly been counted. This economic power and unique culture was played out alongside--but never a part of--the gentile establishment.

Remarkable individuals, resplendent dynasties--out of the elegant fabric of their lives, Birmingham has fashioned superb social history.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 416 pages
• Dimensions 157 x 235 x 18mm | 566.99g
• Publication date 01 Oct 1996
• Publisher Syracuse University Press
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Syracuse Univ P
• ISBN10 0815604114
• ISBN13 9780815604112
• Bestsellers rank 435,959

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