Began reading; learned some interesting things about the Filene and the Straus families.

But...far too many details... of everyone's every thought, business idea, business transaction, relationship, what they read, liked eating, who they married, divorced, re-married, where they travelled and who they met, how they raised their children, what they believed religiously and politically, the differences between brothers, etc. You get the idea.

Overwhelming. Would have been much better if it had been condensed and simplified.