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Innkeepers

by Justin Kaplan · 2006

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Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.

HistoryWaldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)HotelsAstor familyNew york (n.y.), history