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Beer Money - A Memoir Of Privilege And Loss by Stroh Brewery Company.;Stroh family.;Stroh, Frances is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In the tradition of Rich Cohen’s __Sweet and Low__ and Sean Wilsey’s __Oh the Glory of it All,__ 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. As their fortune dissolved in little over a decade, the family was torn apart internally by divorce and one family member's drug bust; disagreements over the management of the business; and disputes over the remaining money the

Who reads Beer Money - A Memoir Of Privilege And Loss?

Author

Stroh Brewery Company.;Stroh family.;Stroh, Frances

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062393159

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Political

Rating

3.42 / 5 (465 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14