An epic and intimate (David M.
At heart a family history, Morgenthau is also an American epic, as sprawling and surprising as the country itself..
The saga of the Morgenthaus has lain half hidden in the shadows for too long.
Known as the DA for life, he oversaw the most consequential and controversial prosecutions in New York of the last fifty years, from the war on the Mafia to the infamous Central Park Jogger case.
Finally, there was Robert Morgenthau, a decorated World War II hero who would become the longest-tenured district attorney in the history of New York City. became FDR\'s longest-serving aide, his Treasury secretary during the war, and his confidant of thirty years.
From there, the Morgenthaus went on to influence the most consequential presidency of the twentieth century, as Henry\'s son Henry Jr.
He ultimately died destitute, but the family would Rise again with the ascendance of Henry, who became a wealthy and powerful real estate baron.
Lazarus Morgenthau arrived in America dreaming of rebuilding the fortune he had lost in his homeland.
In the words of former mayor Ed Koch, they were the closest we\'ve got to royalty in New York City.
With unprecedented, exclusive access to family archives, award-winning journalist and biographer Andrew Meier vividly chronicles how the Morgenthaus amassed a fortune in Manhattan real estate, advised presidents, advanced the New Deal, exposed the Armenian genocide, rescued victims of the Holocaust, waged war in the Mediterranean and Pacific, and, from a foundation of private wealth, built a Dynasty of public service.
Fiona Hill After coming to America from Germany in 1866, the Morgenthaus made history in international diplomacy, in domestic politics, and in America\'s criminal justice system. a vivid retelling of critical domestic and world events over two centuries.--Dr. . .
Kennedy) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a Dynasty of Power brokers and public officials with an outsize--and previously unmapped--influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American Century Magisterial .
An epic and intimate (David M
