The Big Spenders
The Epic Story of the Rich Rich, the Grandees of America and the Magnificoes, and How They Spent Their Fortunes
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2014
510 pages
978-1-60419-089-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Big Spenders was Lucius Beebe's last and many think his best book. In it he describes the consumption of the Gilded Age. Beebe enjoys it all immensely, and so do we his readers, whether it is James Gordon Bennett buying a Monte Carlo restaurant because he was refused a seat by the window, or Spencer Penrose leaving a bedside memo reminding himself not to spend more than $1 million the next day.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
8,61 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-60419-089-2 (9781604190892)
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Lucius Beebe
The Big Spenders
The Epic Story of the Rich Rich, the Grandees of America and the Magnificoes, and How They Spent Their Fortunes
Book
02/2009
Axios Press
€14.50
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Person
By Lucius Beebe
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgement
- Foreword
- Chapter One: Patroons and Parvenus
- Chapter Two: Golden Times, Golden Gate
- Chapter Three: Pets of the Lobster Palaces
- Chapter Four: The Benevolent Blackmailer
- Chapter Five: Three Parties that Made Headlines
- Chapter Six: Magnifico of Maxim's
- Chapter Seven: How You Traveled Was Who You Were
- Chapter Eight: How to Move Stylishly
- Chapter Nine: Good Times in the Money Mountains
- Chapter Ten: The Men
- Chapter Eleven: The Plutocrats of Pittsburgh
- Chapter Twelve: Bonanza Bazaar
- Chapter Thirteen: Misfortune's Darling
- Chapter Fourteen: Game Preserve for the Rich
- Chapter Fifteen: Fun with Real Estate
- Bibliography
- Index
