The Guggenheims

Author(s): Irwin Unger

General

Meyer Guggenheim, a Swiss immigrant, founded a great American business dynasty. At their peak in the early twentieth century, the Guggenheims, were reckoned among America's wealthiest. Through research, Irwin Unger, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize in history, and his wife, convey a story in its scope - of one family's amazing rise to prominence.


Product Information

"Indelible and intriguing . . . meticulously researched and very well written. An American saga." -- Norman F. Cantor, author of The Sacred Chain: The History of the Jews

Irwin Unger has won the Pulitzer Prize in history for The Greenback Era. Together, the Ungers have two Guggenheim fellowships and co-authored LBJ: A Life.

General Fields

  • : 9780060934002
  • : haconz
  • : haconz
  • : 0.485
  • : 28 February 2006
  • : 205mm X 140mm X 35mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Irwin Unger
  • : Paperback
  • : 929.20973
  • : 576
  • : illustrations