Old Money America

John Hazard Forbes is a Mayflower descendant and an Ivy League graduate who worked thirty-five years as an art expert and appraiser. The Hazards were the richest family in colonial Newport, and his wife is a Powell of Savannah.

The upper class. The upper crust.Brahmans, blue bloods, and high society. Patriciansplutocrats, and aristocrats. Each describes Americans whohave enjoyed generations of wealth and prestige, but suchpeople never use these terms. Old money is preferred. In OldMoney America, author John Hazard Forbes shares an insider'sview about old money and the life of America's upperclass.Forbes' thirty-five-year career as an artexpert and appraiser gave him unusual entrée into the housesand lives of the old rich. Along with their collections, heclosely examined the customs, manners, and viewpoints ofAmerica's upper crust. Old Money America presents adiscussion of the: Ironies of old moneyWho and where of old money Financialsecrets of old money Hallmarks of old moneyCare and housing of old money Secretlanguage of old money Skeletons in the closet ofold money Simple life of old money Gearand garb of old moneyHaving known the elites ofNew York, Pennsylvania, the Midwest, New England, and theSouth, Forbes is in a unique position to observe and reporton his interaction with these remarkable, if often peculiar, people.