American Dynasties by Rachel Dickinson
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.
“In American Dynasties Rachel Dickinson delivers a proper primer on a sampling of the funneling of talent – and often luck – through the generations of oligarchs and artistsMissteps get repeated, but often so do successes. The unpredictable nature of American society, according to Dickinson, makes it so there is no consistent playbook.”
—Robert Strauss, author of “Worst. President. Ever.” and “Final Founder: John Marshall.”
—Robert Strauss, author of “Worst. President. Ever.” and “Final Founder: John Marshall.”
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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| ISBN 13 | 9781493066698 |
| ISBN 10 | 1493066692 |
| Title | American Dynasties |
| Author | Rachel Dickinson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2022-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 246 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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