Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Stephen Birmingham

Born: May 28, 1932
Died: November 15, 2015 (aged 83)
Bio: Stephen Gardner Birmingham was an American author known for his social histories of wealthy American families, often focusing on ethnicity Jews, African-Americans, Irish, and the Anglo-Dutch. He also wrote several novels, also about wealthy people.
Known for:
- Our Crowd (1967)
- Real lace (1973)
- The grandees (1971)
- Life at the Dakota (1979)
- Auerbach Will (1983)






