Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)