Author

Publication

1999 - Little, Brown, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

153,750 words, Guess

Page Count

615 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads3568333
  • LibraryThing2651381

Classifications

  • DDC070.5/092/273
  • LCCPN4874.A56 O37 1999

Description

"The father fled East Prussia to escape the 1880s pogroms and, as a penniless immigrant boy, hawked newspapers on the streets of Chicago. The son, who lives on Philadelphia's Main Line and on a palatial California estate, is a multibillionaire and America's most generous living philanthropist. Legacy is an epic saga of how Moses and Walter Annenberg built a vast publishing empire and one of the nation's greatest family fortunes. Sweeping through the century, the story encompasses brutal circulation wars, bookie parlors and racetracks, a lethal presidential vendetta, the glory days of Hollywood and of television, diplomatic drawing rooms. White House intrigues, tangled romances, a tragic suicide, extravagant social climbing. Britain's royal family, a fabled art collection, and astonishing generosity."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Places

People

Walter H. AnnenbergMoses Louis AnnenbergWalter H. Annenberg (1908-)Moses Louis Annenberg (1878-)Walter H. Annenberg (1908-2002)Moses Louis Annenberg (1878-1942)

Genres

  • Biography.

Other Editions

  • Legacy: a biography of Moses and Walter AnnenbergLittle, Brown1999-01-01

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