Our Crowd
This book documents the lives of prominent New York Jewish families of the 19th century. Historian Louis Auchincloss called it "A fascinating & absorbing chapter of New York social & financial history..."<br /> "Future American histories will have to take into account (his) financial & social history & imposing cast of characters."--NY Times Book Review<br /> Fa...
This book documents the lives of prominent New York Jewish families of the 19th century. Historian Louis Auchincloss called it "A fascinating & absorbing chapter of New York social & financial history..."<br /> "Future American histories will have to take into account (his) financial & social history & imposing cast of characters."--NY Times Book Review<br /> Family tree on endpapers. Some names include Bach, Seligman, Guggenheim, Belmot, Lewisohn, Kuhn, Loeb, Guggenheim, Schiff, Seligman Warburg, Hallgarten, Straus, Lehman, Goldman, Wertheim. <br /> "a fascinating, insider's view of one of the richest segments of a rich city: Jewish upper-class life in New York--vibrant, exotic, romantic, special - a city within a city."