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Millionaires, Mansions, and Motor Yachts: An Era of Opulence

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I'm not surprised. Taggart has created an unusual book on a subject for specialists and fanatics ( like me) only. This book had a long gestation period and when it finally came out reviewers were hard pressed on how to judge it. Here's why;
a) It broad brushes an era as opposed to focusing on a specific area of that era. Taggart in his earlier work on steam yachts focused exclusively on this subject to great effect.
b) The examples of millionaires he uses are not the world famous ones like Vanderbilt or Astor but rather lesser known ones( but every bit as rich as the others) like Alfred Dupont.

But nevetheless the book is important in this subject, if you are an afficiando. I really like the rare photos he's selected. The jacket photo of financier Tom Lawson at his ticker tape machine was worth the price of the book to me.

Just really enjoyed the large photos and well written.I liked that the author looked at documents and letters and had questions about some of them.There is some nice history and insight into the Dupont family. Good work
Dan Kummerlowe Halethorpe Md.