Bibliograph

Beer money, a memoir of privilege and loss, Frances Stroh

Type

Label

Beer money, a memoir of privilege and loss, Frances Stroh

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beer money

Oclc number

918590690

Responsibility statement

Frances Stroh

Sub title

a memoir of privilege and loss

Summary

"A memoir of a city, an industry, and a dynasty in decline, and the story of a young artist's struggle to find her way out of the ruins. Frances Stroh's earliest memories are ones of great privilege: shopping trips to London and New York, lunches served by black-tied waiters at the Regency Hotel, and a house filled with precious antiques, which she was forbidden to touch. Established in Detroit in 1850, by 1984 the Stroh Brewing Company had become the largest private beer fortune in America and a brand emblematic of the American dream itself; while Stroh was coming of age, the Stroh family fortune was estimated to be worth $700 million. But behind the beautiful façade lay a crumbling foundation. Detroit's economy collapsed with the retreat of the automotive industry to the suburbs and abroad and likewise the Stroh family found their wealth and legacy disappearing"--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- The collections -- Lucky -- Getting away -- Return -- Together -- Lifting off -- Dispossessed -- Homecoming -- Flowers -- Broke

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator