It was particularly revealing," Ms. Lindstrom said, "because it contained the history of three generations within one trunk.

An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance, which traces the history of four generations of the J.P. Morgan financial empire.

Five members of a part-Sioux family take turns narrating the history of three generations of their Nebraska clan and their complex connections to one another and to the natural world.

The House of the Spirits chronicles the eventful history of four generations of the Trueba family.

Drops in Nan's Ocean is a grandson's heartfelt tribute to his grandmother, his Nan, who raised him from a baby, and a history of four generations of one Chinese family.

It traces the history of four generations of the J.P. Morgan financial empire, on both sides of the Atlantic, from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987.

It describes the history of three generations of women directly or indirectly affected by events in post-war London and rural Shropshire.

Ms. Carroll wrote a total of 23 other works, including "Dunnybrook," a social history of 10 generations of farmers in her community.

The author charts the histories of four generations of women, beginning with Frances, a Polish immigrant living in Brooklyn early in the century, whose life is marked by loss.

He is one of three children from a family with a history of nine generations of farming in Warwickshire.