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The big spenders : the epic story of the rich rich, the grandes of America and the magnificoes, and how they spent their fortunes / Lucius Beebe.
- Title
- The big spenders : the epic story of the rich rich, the grandes of America and the magnificoes, and how they spent their fortunes / Lucius Beebe.
- Author
- Beebe, Lucius.
- Publication
- Mount Jackson, Va. : Axios Press, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- xxxii, 510 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- History
- 1800-1999
- Luxury > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Luxury > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century
- Rich people > United States > History > 20th century
- Rich people > United States > History > 19th century
- Upper class > United States > History > 20th century
- Upper class > United States > History > 19th century
- United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918
- United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.493-495) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Patroons and Parvenus -- Golden times, Golden Gate -- Pets of the lobster palaces -- The benevolent blackmailer -- Three parties that made headlines -- Magnifico of Maxim's -- How you traveled was who you were -- How to move stylishly -- Good times in the money mountains -- The men -- The plutocrats of Pittsburgh -- Bonanza bazaar -- Misfortune's darling -- Game preserve for the rich -- Fun with real estate.
- ISBN
- 9781604190069 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008034480
- OCLC
- 232982803
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library