Johan Jakob Astor left Germany for a flute-making business in London in the late C18th, and then moved to New York where he dealt in pianos, opium, furs and real estate: what glistered was indeed gold – lots of it. Inevitably there was tragedy – and even disgrace – as well as success.
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
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