Hard covered book titled "OUR CROWD" THE GREAT JEWISH FAMILIES OF NEW YORK by Stephen Birmingham, 1967, 404 pages.

This is a fascinating, insider's view of one of the richest segments of a rich city: Jewish upper-class life in New York, vibrant, exotic, romantic, special, a city within a city.
New York's great Jewish banking families consider themselves an elite One Hundred, and for generations the families married only within "our crowd". The pivotal names are Loeb, Lehman, Lewisohn, Straus, Schiff, Seligman, Goldman, Warburg, Guggenheim around them cluster those who succeeded in "marrying in" and those who tried hard to marry out of this "citadel of privilege, power, philanthropy, and family pride." Where they came from' how they made their money; how they spent it, provides the plot for this fascinating narrative. Working with diaries, letters, and personal reminiscences supplied by members of the interwoven families, the author has assembled a remarkable composite portrait. Some of his tales are wildly funny. Others are poignant. All concern a particular principality within the world of the very rich, Fifth Avenue mansions where 60 sat down for dinner attended by as many footmen; chateau on Long Island, castles in Westchester, "camps" in the Adirondacks, villas on the Jersey shore; private railway cars, vast art collections, power, culture and determination never to invade, or seem concerned to invade, the gentile "establishment."
This book is in VG+ condition, pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight. A tiny stain at top corner in chapters 2 and 3. The dust jacket has minor tears at the edge. Don't miss the opportunity to add it to your library!