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  • The Novels of Stephen Birmingham

    Carriage Trade, The Wrong Kind of Money, The Auerbach Will, and Shades of Fortune

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    A quartet of novels from the New York Times–bestselling author of " Our Crowd" and master chronicler of Manhattan's rich, famous, and deceitful.These four gripping novels prove that "when it comes to the folkways of the rich, the powerful, and the privileged, Stephen Birmingham knows what he's talking about" ( Los Angeles Times).Carriage Trade: One of New York's most elegant and exclusive retail ... Read more

    $26.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life at the Dakota

    New York's Most Unusual Address

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    A history of the Manhattan building and its famous tenants, from Lauren Bacall to John Lennon, by the New York Times–bestselling author of "Our Crowd".When Singer sewing machine tycoon Edward Clark built a luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side in the late 1800s, it was derisively dubbed "the Dakota" for being as far from the center of the downtown action as its namesake ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Our Crowd"

    The Great Jewish Families of New York

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    The #1 New York Times bestseller that traces the rise of the Guggenheims, the Goldmans, and other families from immigrant poverty to social prominence.They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Auerbach Will

    A Novel

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    A poignant and unforgettable rags-to-riches family saga following three generations of a remarkable clan from downtown ghetto to Park Avenue opulenceMarrying Jack Auerbach was Essie Litsky's salvation, enabling her to break free of her strict Russian-Jewish immigrant parents and escape New York's poor, dirty, overcrowded Lower East Side. Together with her husband, Essie amassed a fortune that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "The Rest of Us"

    The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    The New York Times–bestselling history of the Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland who altered the American landscape from New York to Hollywood.The wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants who swept into New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by way of Ellis Island were not welcomed by the Jews who had arrived decades before. These refugees from czarist Russia and the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Grandees

    America's Sephardic Elite

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    The New World's earliest Jewish immigrants and their unique, little-known history: A New York Times bestseller from the author of Life at the Dakota.In 1654, twenty-three Jewish families arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York) aboard a French privateer. They were the Sephardim, members of a proud orthodox sect that had served as royal advisors and honored professionals under Moorish rule in Spain ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jews in America Trilogy

    "Our Crowd," The Grandees, and "The Rest of Us"

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    Three New York Times bestsellers chronicle the rise of America's most influential Jewish families as they transition from poor immigrants to household names.In his acclaimed trilogy, author Stephen Birmingham paints an engrossing portrait of Jewish American life from the colonial era through the twentieth century with fascinating narrative and meticulous research.The collection's best-known book, ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Right People

    The Social Establishment in America

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America's extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd"It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's Real Society, and it takes multiple generations for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Writer Writes

    A Memoir

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    A memoir by the New York Times–bestselling author and longtime chronicler of America's wealthy elite.Born in Connecticut in 1929 and educated at Williams College, Stephen Birmingham went on to create a literary niche with his numerous nonfiction works about New York's—and the nation's—upper class, particularly focusing on Jewish, African American, and Irish communities, as well as old-money WASPs. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Real Lace

    America's Irish Rich

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    Extraordinary true stories of the Irish in America, their remarkable rise from urban poverty, and the powerful dynasties they engenderedAuthor Stephen Birmingham, who chronicled the rise of Jewish immigrants to extraordinary wealth and success in "Our Crowd", now turns his attention to the Irish. Real Lace tells the colorful and fascinating true stories of America's most renowned Irish-Catholic ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Grandes Dames

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    The acclaimed social historian provides an in-depth look at eight society women who shaped upper class culture from the Gilded Age to WWII.Astor. Rockefeller. McCormick. Belmont. Family names that still adorn buildings, streets, and charity foundations. While their men blazed across America with their oil, industry, and railways, the matriarchs founded art museums, opera houses, and symphonies ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • California Rich

    by Stephen Birmingham ...
    "[A] downright intriguing history . . . chronicling of the creation of the Californian Dream." — Los Angeles TimesSince the Gold Rush, California has represented a land of opportunity for a special breed of American. Heading west in pursuit of sunshine, riches, and elusive dreams, the early mavericks of California set out to make their fortunes—and often succeeded beyond their wildest imaginations ... Read more

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