An "epic and intimate" (David M. Kennedy) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize -- and previously unmapped -- influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American Century
The saga of the Morgenthaus has lain half hidden in the shadows for too long. At heart a family history, Morgenthau, by Andrew Meier, is also an American epic, as sprawling and surprising as the country itself.
An "epic and intimate" (David M. Kennedy) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize -- and previously unmapped -- influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American Century
The saga of the Morgenthaus has lain half hidden in the shadows for too long. At heart a family history, Morgenthau, by Andrew Meier, is also an American epic, as sprawling and surprising as the country itself.
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