Michael Knox Beran's books include Forge of Empires, 1861-1871, The Last Patrician, a study of Robert Kennedy that was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and Murder by Candlelight. His writing has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and the National Review.
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An examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures. From politics to fashion, their style still intrigues us. WASPs produced brilliant reformers—Eleanor, Theodore, and Franklin Roosevelt—and inspired ... SEE MORE