Society As I Have Found It: Ward McAllister's Revealing 1890 Memoir of The Gilded Age, Annotated and Illustrated

“There is no power like the social power; it makes and unmakes.” In Society As I Have Found It, Ward McAllister—social arbiter of high society and friend to the powerful and wealthy Astor family—offers an insider’s memoir of the Gilded Age, when New York’s elite “Four Hundred” reigned supreme.

This new edition of McAllister’s classic memoir includes: ✅ the complete 1890 text as first published – an eye-witness account of New York’s high society “Four Hundred”, from the man who defined them. ✅ detailed footnotes explaining cultural references and language from the Gilded Age; ✅ period photographs, bringing the people and places of McAllister’s time back to life.

Society As I Have Found It is the perfect companion for fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age—a revealing memoir of the opulence, glamour and social machinations seen in this popular series. It also serves as an insightful primary source for students of 19th century American social history – order your copy today!