Old Money America

The upper class. The upper crust.
Brahmans, blue bloods, and high society. Patricians,
plutocrats, and aristocrats. Each describes Americans who
have enjoyed generations of wealth and prestige, but such
people never use these terms. Old money is preferred. In Old
Money America, author John Hazard Forbes shares an insider's
view about old money and the life of America's upper
class.

Forbes' thirty-five-year career as an art
expert and appraiser gave him unusual entre into the houses
and lives of the old rich. Along with their collections, he
closely examined the customs, manners, and viewpoints of
America's upper crust. Old Money America presents a
discussion of the:

• Ironies of old money
  
• Who and where of old money
• Financial
  secrets of old money
• Hallmarks of old money
  
• Care and housing of old money
• Secret
  language of old money
• Skeletons in the closet of
  old money
• Simple life of old money
• Gear
  and garb of old money

Having known the elites of
New York, Pennsylvania, the Midwest, New England, and the
South, Forbes is in a unique position to observe and report
on his interaction with these remarkable, if often peculiar, people.