Main Line Wasp One Man`s Uproarious, Adventuresome Journey Through the Twentieth Century

Name: Main Line Wasp One Man`s Uproarious, Adventuresome Journey Through the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780393341874

ISBN-10: 0393341879

ISBN-13: 9780393341874

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Authors: W. Thacher Longstreth, Dan Rottenberg

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Here is one man's uproarious, adventuresome journey through the twentieth-century: from Main-Line debutante parties to the Battle of the Coral Sea, from affluence in the Roaring 20's to poverty in the Great Depression, from All-American football at Princeton to becoming Life's top salesman, from dealings with statesmen like Eisenhower to run-ins with bareknuckle fighters like Jimmy Hoffa, Richard Nixon, and Frank Rizzo.The result is more than amusing anecdote. Thacher Longstreth entered the world just as his WASP and Quaker forebears were losing their power and prestige. Much of his life has therefore been devoted to "unlearning the cozy assumptions of my ancestors." Yet he has managed to…

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List price: $24.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Dan Rottenberg has published five books and hundreds of articles. He is also the editor of Philadelphia Forum, a weekly paper he founded in 1996.Dwight W. Hoover was Professor of History at Ball State University and is the author of several books, including A Pictorial History of Indiana.