Table of Contents
Part 1 First Peers of the Realm
Chapter 1 Telling Them Apart 1
Chapter 2 A Royal Wedding 17
Chapter 3 Manor Lords 26
Chapter 4 Ancient Wealth 35
Chapter 5 A Gentleman's War 44
Chapter 6 Coronation in New York 50
Chapter 7 The Great Silverware Robbery 61
Chapter 8 From Camping Out with Indians… to Dinner at the Jays' 67
Chapter 9 Livingston Versus Livingston 78
Chapter 10 Weak Blood 87
Chapter 11 Morrises and More Morrises 100
Chapter 12 Outsiders 108
Chapter 13 Endangered Species 120
Part 2 Brahmins, Knights of the Chivalry, and California Grandees
Chapter 14 Knowing One's Place 137
Chapter 15 O Ancestors! 153
Chapter 16 Beer and the Bourgeoisie 166
Chapter 17 O Pioneers! 176
Part 3 Heirs Apparent
Chapter 18 Secret Society 203
Chapter 19 Old Guard Versus New 213
Chapter 20 The Gospel of Wealth 223
Chapter 21 Comme Il Faut 230
Chapter 22 "To Serve…" 236
Chapter 23 The Bogus Versus the Real 252
Chapter 24 Family Curses 258
Chapter 25 The Great Splurge 277
Chapter 26 The Family Place 297
A Note on Sources and Acknowledgments 311
Sources 314
Bibliography 323
Index 327
