Background
Birmingham, Stephen was born on May 28, 1931 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Editha (Gardner) Birmingham.
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Americas Secret Aristocracy by Birmingham, Stephen (1990) Mass Market Paperback
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The Grandees
(FIRST EDITION, ROUGH CUT PAGES, COLLECTABLE CLASSIC)
FIRST EDITION, ROUGH CUT PAGES, COLLECTABLE CLASSIC
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Carriage Trade
(When department store founder Silas Tarkington dies, his ...)
When department store founder Silas Tarkington dies, his family--among them, his socialite wife, his pampered daughter, his first wife, his mistress, and his mother--learns of Tarkington's forty-year-old secrets. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History)
(A novelist who has specialized in creating tales of the r...)
A novelist who has specialized in creating tales of the rich and well placed offers an insider's view of one of the wealthiest segments of an affluent city: Jewish upper--class life in New York.Working with diaries, letters, and personal reminiscences supplied by members of interwoven families--Loeb, Lehman, straus, seligman, and Guggenheism, among others--Stephen Birmingham has assembled a remarkable composite portrait. some of his tales are wildly funny. others are poignant. All are set within a world of numbing opulence--Fifth Avenue mansions, chateaux on Long Island, castles in Westchester, vast art collections--millions given away so quietly and steadily that they have never properly been counted. This economic power and unique culture was played out alongside--but never a part of--the gentile establishment.Remarkable individuals, resplendent dynasties--out of the elegant fabric of their lives, Birmingham has fashioned superb social history.
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The Wrong Kind of Money
(The complex alliances, family dynamics, and dark secrets ...)
The complex alliances, family dynamics, and dark secrets of two different families--the Lieblings, a dynasty of mixed German and Russian Jewish origins, and the Sachs, a German-American family--lead to murder, in the story of relations between upper-class Jews and Wasps in New York City. 50,000 first printing."
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Real Lace: America's Irish Rich
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Very Good in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. LIGHT EDGE WEAR, LIGHT SOILING, IN LIKE PRICE CLIPPED DJ.
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Real Lace (Irish Studies) Paperback - September 1, 1997
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The Grandes Dames
(Book by Birmingham, Stephen)
Book by Birmingham, Stephen
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Shades of Fortune
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Our Crowd - Great Jewish Families Of New York
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Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1st edition by Birmingham, Stephen (1973) Hardcover
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Fast start, fast finish
(Dramatic, suspenseful, focusing on the family of Charles ...)
Dramatic, suspenseful, focusing on the family of Charles Lord.
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Young Mr. Keefe
(His first book. The story of a young man who is sucessful...)
His first book. The story of a young man who is sucessful and empty.
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families in New York by Birmingham, Stephen (2005) Hardcover
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History) Paperback August 31, 1996
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Real Lace (Irish Studies) New edition by Birmingham, Stephen (1997) Paperback
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Those Harper women,: A novel
(Those Harper Women: A Novel, by Birmingham, Stephen)
Those Harper Women: A Novel, by Birmingham, Stephen
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Carriage Trade by Birmingham, Stephen (December 1, 1994) Paperback
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Life At the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address (New York State Series)
(Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social h...)
Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social history that describes the lives of the rich and trendy who have lived at the Dakota - a New York apartment house daringly erected in 1884, "too far up" and on the wrong side of town. This story has the fabulous characters, sharp insights, and captivating anecdotes of Stephen Birmingham's earlier works, and the atmosphere of the elegant Dakota is so powerful that the building itself becomes an unforgettable major character. The Gustav Schirmers were among the early tenants. Others such as Boris Karloff, Judy Holliday, Leonard Bernstein, and and Lauren Bacall would follow. In this edition the author has included an afterword on John Lennon's murder at the Dakota.
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The Grandes Dames
(First EditionFirst Printing with full number line. Jacket...)
First EditionFirst Printing with full number line. Jacket shows ordinary signs of shelf wear/age, with one small tear on back near the top. Pages are clean, no markings. Binding is tight. SHIPS NEXT BUSINESS DAY!
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(Our Crowd: Great Jewish Families of New York) Author: Stephen Birmingham published on (August, 1996)
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Real Lace By Birmingham, Stephen ( Author ) 1997 ) Paperback
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(Real Lace ) Author: Stephen Birmingham Sep-1997
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The Late John Marquand: A Biography
(Photo Illustrated)
Photo Illustrated
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Real Lace : American Irish Rich
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(Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families in New York) Author: Stephen Birmingham published on (April, 2005)
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The LeBaron Secret
(The rich don't just have more money and pleasure, they al...)
The rich don't just have more money and pleasure, they also have more of everything - feuds, jealousies, affairs and secrets. And no one knows the secrets of the affluent better than Stephen Birmingham. Now he has created the powerful LeBarons of San Francisco who own one of America's most successful wineries. Sari LeBaron, the 75-year-old matriarch of the family, still has tight control of the Baronet vineyards. Her fight to maintain control leads her into conflict with her son and best friend. She must make a dreadful decision and reveal the family skeleton or lose her business. Can she save them both?
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
(This is an intimate look at Jackie as an shy child, a spa...)
This is an intimate look at Jackie as an shy child, a sparkling debutante, a reluctant political wife, a devoted mother, a young First Lady, a widow, a criticized wife of an aging millionaire, and as an New York career woman. Through this perfect blending of author and subject the essential Jackie emerges from history.
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Real Lace America''s Irish Rich
("Stephen Birmingham's important and scandalous chronicle ...)
"Stephen Birmingham's important and scandalous chronicle of America's Catholic rich." Non-fiction.
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The Rothman Scandal
(This novel is set in the world of fashion journalism in N...)
This novel is set in the world of fashion journalism in New York.
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Our Crowd: Great Jewish Families of New York (New York Classics) by Stephen Birmingham (31-Aug-1996) Paperback
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Real Lace (Irish Studies)
(Stephen Birmingham turns his eye to the great Irish-Catho...)
Stephen Birmingham turns his eye to the great Irish-Catholic dynasties of America-violent, colorful, charming and charmed: the Kennedys, the Cuddihys, Buckleys and Bradys, and the California "Silver Kings," the Floods, Fairs, Mackays and O'Briens. Many of these families started with every disadvantage; fleeing from the great Irish potato famine, they arrived penniless in the slums of New York and Boston. But from desperate poverty and degradation they rose to fame and fortune, fueled by a powerful combination of driving energy, native wit, strong religion, stronger drink, and, of course, the luck of the Irish. Remarkable characters, warring families, and fluctuating fortunes-out of this rich material Birmingham has fashioned an extraordinary social history.
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America's Secret Aristocracy
(Collectible Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by author)
Collectible Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by author
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Barbara Greer
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The Grandees
(The Sephardim, that relatively small but very distinguish...)
The Sephardim, that relatively small but very distinguished group of Orthodox Jews, achieved prosperity during the centuries Spain lay under Arab domination. More welcomed by the crescent than the cross, they served the conquerors as officials and administrators, stamping the country with their imprint. But when the Christians ousted the Moors in the 15th century, Jews were no longer welcome. Where could they go? Many opted for the New World, settling principally in New York. Industrious and intelligent, they entered business and the professions. They made money in trade and banking. And they closed ranks to form one of the least permeable and most durable aristocracies in our democratic country.
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Young Mr. Keefe (Cardinal Series, No. C-342)
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Birmingham, Stephen (1978) Hardcover
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Time Life Book Digest (Bad Girls, Good Women; We Are Still Married; Storming Intrepid; Shades of Fortune)
(Four Bestsellers in One Volume! Bad Girls, Good Women by...)
Four Bestsellers in One Volume! Bad Girls, Good Women by Rosie Thomas We Are Still Married by Garrison Keillor Storming Intrepid by Payne Harrison Shades of Fortune by Stephen Birmingham 479 Pages.
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The Grandees - w/ Dust Jacket
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families in New York
(Book by Birmingham, Stephen)
Book by Birmingham, Stephen
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The Tower of Love
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The Towers of Love
(Dust jacket art by Milton Glaser. His third book.)
Dust jacket art by Milton Glaser. His third book.
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The Grandees: The Story of America's Sephardic Elite (Modern Jewish History)
("Astoundingly readable and beautifully written.... It mov...)
"Astoundingly readable and beautifully written.... It moves along like a romantic thriller, but is as serious a work and as good a job as Our Crowd". -- Denver Post Descendants of the original twenty-three Jewish families who arrived in New York in 1654, the Sephardic Jews began a tradition of wealth, pride, and exclusiveness that continues to this day. Stephen Birmingham sheds light on this segment of Jewish society who viewed other Jews as peasants, and ardently shunned all publicity. It is the story of over three centuries of power and achievement, scandal, and folly, elegant lifestyles, and sometimes flamboyant personalities -- a story only Stephen Birmingham could tell with characteristic spellbinding skill.
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Fast Start, Fash Finish
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The Auerbach Will
(In The Auerbach Will, the novel by America's most renowne...)
In The Auerbach Will, the novel by America's most renowned chronicler of the rich, ambitious young Essie Litsky defies a rigid upbringing by immigrant Russian Jewish parents to achieve wealth and success. But her children tear Essie and her husband Jack Auerbach's family apart in fights over their fortune, and Essie finds that money will not mend broken lives. Stephen Birmingham concludes this complex family saga, set in the Park Avenue world he first portrayed in the bestselling Our Crowd, with a surprise revelation. The story of Essie Auerbach and the Auerbach Will is unforgettable.
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- Real Lace
- The Right People: A Portrait of the American Social Establishment (The Right People is an engrossing and illuminating journe...)
- The Grandees: America’s Sephardic Elite (Tracing their origins to medieval Portugal and Spain, the...)
- Life at the Dakota (New York's Most Unusual Address) later printing (Life at the Dakota (New York's Most Unusual Address))
- Shades Of Fortune (Married into a family with an impeccable social standing,...)
- The Jews in America Trilogy: "Our Crowd," The Grandees, and "The Rest of Us" (Three New York Times bestsellers chronicle the rise of Am...)
- Carriage Trade (Following the mysterious death of New York society tycoon...)
- Young Mr Keefe
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephen Birmingham (1978-05-03)
- Rothman Scandal (Alexandra Rothman, the powerful editor of Mode magazine, ...)
- Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address (Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social h...)
- Carriage Trade by Birmingham, Stephen (July 1, 1993) Hardcover
- Lebaron Secret (The rich don't just have more money and pleasure, th...)
- Americas Secret Aristocracy by Stephen Birmingham (1990-01-01)
- The Right Places (for the Right People) (In The Right Places Stephen Birmingham uses his witty, pe...)
- The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the Seventies (The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the Seventies Jan 01, 1978 ...)
- The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the 1970s (In this chatty, anecdotal, and often ironic inquiry, Step...)
- Barbara Greer
- The Wrong Kind of Money (New York Times bestselling author Stephen Birmingham take...)
- Real Lace (Irish Studies) by Stephen Birmingham (1997-09-01)
Stephen Birmingham
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor cum laude, Williams College, 1950; postgraduate, University College, Oxford (England) University, 1951.
Career
Advertising copywriter, Needham, Harper & Steers, Inc., 1953-1967.
Achievements
Works
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The Wrong Kind of Money
(The complex alliances, family dynamics, and dark secrets ...)
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Real Lace (Irish Studies)
(Stephen Birmingham turns his eye to the great Irish-Catho...)
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Carriage Trade
(Following the mysterious death of New York society tycoon...)
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Life At the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address (New York State Series)
(Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social h...)
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Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address
( Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining soci...)
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
(This is an intimate look at Jackie as an shy child, a spa...)
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The Wrong Kind of Money
(New York Times bestselling author Stephen Birmingham take...)
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Carriage Trade
(When department store founder Silas Tarkington dies, his ...)
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Shades Of Fortune
(Married into a family with an impeccable social standing,...)
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The Auerbach Will
(In The Auerbach Will, the novel by America's most renowne...)
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The Right People: A Portrait of the American Social Establishment
(The Right People is an engrossing and illuminating journe...)
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Time Life Book Digest (Bad Girls, Good Women; We Are Still Married; Storming Intrepid; Shades of Fortune)
(Four Bestsellers in One Volume! Bad Girls, Good Women by...)
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History)
(A novelist who has specialized in creating tales of the r...)
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The Grandees: America’s Sephardic Elite
( Tracing their origins to medieval Portugal and Spain, t...)
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The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the 1970s
(In this chatty, anecdotal, and often ironic inquiry, Step...)
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The Jews in America Trilogy: "Our Crowd," The Grandees, and "The Rest of Us"
( Three New York Times bestsellers chronicle the rise of ...)
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The Grandees
(The Sephardim, that relatively small but very distinguish...)
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The Right Places (for the Right People)
(In The Right Places Stephen Birmingham uses his witty, pe...)
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Rothman Scandal
(Alexandra Rothman, the powerful editor of Mode magazine, ...)
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Lebaron Secret
(The rich don't just have more money and pleasure, they al...)
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The LeBaron Secret
(The rich don't just have more money and pleasure, they al...)
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Real Lace America''s Irish Rich
("Stephen Birmingham's important and scandalous chronicle ...)
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The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the Seventies
(The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the Seventies Jan 01, 1978 ...)
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The Rothman Scandal
(This novel is set in the world of fashion journalism in N...)
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Fast start, fast finish
(Dramatic, suspenseful, focusing on the family of Charles ...)
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Life at the Dakota (New York's Most Unusual Address) later printing
(Life at the Dakota (New York's Most Unusual Address))
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Real Lace: America's Irish Rich
(Very Good in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. LIGH...)
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The Grandees
(FIRST EDITION, ROUGH CUT PAGES, COLLECTABLE CLASSIC)
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Those Harper women,: A novel
(Those Harper Women: A Novel, by Birmingham, Stephen)
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The Grandes Dames
(First EditionFirst Printing with full number line. Jacket...)
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The Grandees: The Story of America's Sephardic Elite (Modern Jewish History)
("Astoundingly readable and beautifully written.... It mov...)
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America's Secret Aristocracy
(Collectible Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by author)
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The Towers of Love
(Dust jacket art by Milton Glaser. His third book.)
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The Grandes Dames
(Book by Birmingham, Stephen)
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families in New York
(Book by Birmingham, Stephen)
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The Late John Marquand: A Biography
(Photo Illustrated)
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Young Mr. Keefe
(His first book. The story of a young man who is sucessful...)
- Americas Secret Aristocracy by Birmingham, Stephen (1990) Mass Market Paperback
- Real Lace
- Real Lace (Irish Studies) Paperback - September 1, 1997
- Shades of Fortune
- Our Crowd - Great Jewish Families Of New York
- Real Lace: America's Irish Rich 1st edition by Birmingham, Stephen (1973) Hardcover
- Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families in New York by Birmingham, Stephen (2005) Hardcover
- Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History) Paperback August 31, 1996
- Real Lace (Irish Studies) New edition by Birmingham, Stephen (1997) Paperback
- Young Mr Keefe
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephen Birmingham (1978-05-03)
- Carriage Trade by Birmingham, Stephen (December 1, 1994) Paperback
- (Our Crowd: Great Jewish Families of New York) Author: Stephen Birmingham published on (August, 1996)
- Real Lace By Birmingham, Stephen ( Author ) 1997 ) Paperback
- (Real Lace ) Author: Stephen Birmingham Sep-1997
- Carriage Trade by Birmingham, Stephen (July 1, 1993) Hardcover
- Real Lace : American Irish Rich
- (Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families in New York) Author: Stephen Birmingham published on (April, 2005)
- Americas Secret Aristocracy by Stephen Birmingham (1990-01-01)
- Our Crowd: Great Jewish Families of New York (New York Classics) by Stephen Birmingham (31-Aug-1996) Paperback
- Barbara Greer
- Young Mr. Keefe (Cardinal Series, No. C-342)
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Birmingham, Stephen (1978) Hardcover
- The Grandees - w/ Dust Jacket
- The Tower of Love
- Barbara Greer
- Fast Start, Fash Finish
- Real Lace (Irish Studies) by Stephen Birmingham (1997-09-01)
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The Wrong Kind of Money
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1951-1953. Member New England Society of City of New York, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Janet Tillson, January 5, 1951 (divorced). Children: Mark, Harriet, Carey.
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