The Hiltons; The True Story of an American Dynasty

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xii, [2], 541, [5] pages. Genealogical chart. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Index. DJ has slight wear, and sticker residue at back. John Randall Anthony Taraborrelli is an American journalist and biographer. Taraborrelli is known for biographies of contemporary entertainers and political figures such as Diana Ross, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Kennedy family, Hilton family, and Beyoncé. He also regularly appears on television as an entertainment news reporter on programs such as Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, Today and CBS This Morning. THE HILTONS is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. His international chain included magnificent hotels such as the Waldorf-Astoria and The Plaza in New York; The Beverly-Hilton in Los Angeles; among dozens of others. His influence was also felt outside the hotel industry: he helped pioneer the use of credit cards in this country, for example. The rest of the cast includes his children, Barron, Nicky and Eric, the inimitable Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elizabeth Taylor and more. With research drawn from hundreds of exclusive interviews as well as personal correspondence and court documents long ago buried and forgotten, THE HILTONS lifts a veil of secrecy to tell the true story behind the celebrity, wealth and glamour of one of the most successful family enterprises in American history.