The Plaza : the secret life of America's most famous hotel
(Playaway)
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2019].
Format
Playaway
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9781549153556, 1549153552
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (11 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Newport - Audiobooks | AudioDig 917.471 Sat | On Shelf |
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2019].
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9781549153556, 1549153552
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Title from container.
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"HD."
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"Light."
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"Blackstone Publishing."
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Previously released by Hachette Audio, ℗2019.
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Release date supplied by publisher.
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Participants/Performers
Read by Jefferson Mays.
Description
"From the moment in 1907 when New York millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt strode through the Plaza Hotel's revolving doors to become its first guest, to the afternoon in 2007 when a mysterious Russian oligarch paid a record price for the hotel's largest penthouse, the eighteen-story white marble edifice at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Ninth Street has radiated wealth and luxury. For some, the hotel evokes images of F. Scott Fitzgerald frolicking in the Pulitzer Fountain, or Eloise, the impish young guest who pours water down the mail chute. But the true stories captured in THE PLAZA also include dark, hidden secrets: the cold-blooded murder perpetrated by the construction workers in charge of building the hotel, how Donald J. Trump came to be the only owner to ever bankrupt the Plaza, and the tale of the disgraced Indian tycoon who ran the hotel from a maximum-security prison cell, 7,000 miles away in Delhi. Julie Satow not only pulls back the curtain on Truman Capote's Black and White Ball and the Beatles' first stateside visit -- she also follows the money trail. THE PLAZA reveals how, during the Great Depression, it was a handful of rich, dowager widows who were the financial lifeline that saved the hotel, and how, today, foreign money and anonymous shell companies have transformed iconic guest rooms into condominiums that shield ill-gotten gains -- hollowing out parts of the hotel as well as the city around it."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Satow, J., & Mays, J. (2019). The Plaza: the secret life of America's most famous hotel (Unabridged.). Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Satow, Julie and Jefferson, Mays. 2019. The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel. Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Satow, Julie and Jefferson, Mays. The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel Findaway World, LLC, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Satow, Julie,, and Jefferson Mays. The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel Unabridged., Findaway World, LLC, 2019.
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