Larz and Isabel Anderson: Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1491788755 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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While leading others back in time, Moskey shines a light on Larz's professional achievements as well as Isabel's emergence as an American woman of the early modern era whose words and deeds anticipated women's roles in culture and society today.Larz and Isabel Anderson shares the story of a glittering Gilded Age couple as they lived, worked, prospered, and gave back during a fascinating time in America's history.. Larz and Isabel Anderson were wealthy socialites whose extraordinary lives spanned a century of American history-from the Civil War to World War II. In his dual biography based on six years of archival research, Stephen Moskey offers a fresh look into America's Gilded Age while focusing not just on the lives of the Andersons, but also on the intersection of wealth, celebrity, politics, gender, and race as one century ended and another began. Their world included dozens of celebrities who helped define modern culture and politics: Henry and Clover Adams, Alice Pike Barney, Cecilia Beaux, Lord and Lady Curzon, Maud Howe Elliott, Henry James, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Robert Todd Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, and William Howard Taft
"People behind the house." according to Jaques. As a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, I have been fortunate to spend many days at Anderson House in WAshington DC, The Society has maintained and restored much of the fabric of the decor (and important things like heat and light) since receiving this generous gift in the 19People behind the house. As a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, I have been fortunate to spend many days at Anderson House in WAshington DC, The Society has maintained and restored much of the fabric of the decor (and important things like heat and light) since receiving this generous gift in the 1930s. I have often enjoyed breakfast in the :winter garden" pictured on the front cover. Our generation never knew the Andersons except for myth and fable. So it was a real treat to read Skip Moskey's fine biography. It brings the . 0s. I have often enjoyed breakfast in the :winter garden" pictured on the front cover. Our generation never knew the Andersons except for myth and fable. So it was a real treat to read Skip Moskey's fine biography. It brings the . "Social history of a Gilded Age power couple" according to Ellen Hampton. The story of Larz and Isabel Anderson is interwoven with the history of the United States at the turn of the 20th century. Gilded Age wealth, high-flying style, social-class attitudes and leisurely occupations are displayed with a mastery of detail in this first biography of the power couple of their time. Skip Moskey shows off his fabulous research skills in depicting the Andersons' lives through their expenses and consumption, from dinner parties they held at their Washington mansion to trips taken aboard