World of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and Isabel Anderson. Is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. Why studied them . They will never be household names. The person never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies with the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a welldocumented window into our nations character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. We get an especially vibrant view of the nations capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded age. For more, let me turn it over to our speaker. [applause] mr. Moskey thank you emily for that introduction. I want to thank emily and the entire staff at the society of cincinnati for hosting me and many visits to the library and archives for almost six years. I almost feel like this is a homecoming for me. It is a pleasure to be here in the home by Larz Anderson and Isabel Perki
Heiress and society wife. Exploring her full life and her husbands as the partnership it was is the focus of tonights talk. Mr. Moskey writes on the period between the civil war and world war ii. And the great depression. As a resident of washington dc, he has thrown himself into the world of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and Isabel Anderson. His new book is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. But why study them . They will never make it into your history textbooks and have never been household names, then or now. The andersons never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies or the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a welldocumented window into our nations character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. We get an especially vibrant view of the nations capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded age. For more, let