Tales from "restless Oaks" and Other Family Lore

A partial history of the Ord, Shoemaker, and Shaw families spanning the years from the tumultuous era of Reconstruction through the Great Depression and WWII and into the prosperous postwar years of the fifties. A family whose history includes famous Civil; War generals, Wall Street financiers, Banking and Railroad moguls, Ambassadors, famous architects, authors, and historians. An up-close and personal look into the everyday lives of a family that were a part of New York, Washington, Atlanta, and Detroit society life, rubbing elbows with the likes of Gen. U. S. Grant, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, as well as Kings and Presidents. A family that enjoyed the opulence of wealth and power, who suffered and endured bitter losses both personally and financially, yet through it all maintained their dignity and a joie de vivre