They're the "Magnificent" family written about by Booth Tarkington in a 1919 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
Written in 1919, Booth's novel follows this family as they manage 
to imprint the... [DOC] [TLE] The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington ... [PAR] Winner of the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1918, The ... the spoiled 
and arrogant grandson of the founder of the family's magnificence.