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Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe.

Cooper, Anderson, (author.). Howe, Katherine, 1977- (author.).

Summary:

Born at the end of the 18th century, the son of a Staten Island ferryman, Cornelius Vanderbilt would go on to become the richest man in America with a fortune built in shipping and railroads. That fortune, fought over by his heirs, helped create an American dynasty that re-defined the meaning of excess in the 19th and 20th centuries. Now, Cornelius Vanderbilt's great-great-great-grandson, Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the epic story of his legendary family. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the Vaderbilts--those who built the dynasty and those whose lives were forever shaped by it, for better and for worse. This is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063118324
ISBN: 0063118327
Physical Description: xviii, 424 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 23 cm
Edition: First Harper Large Print edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue. The Breakers: March 30, 2018 -- The tycoon: January 4, 1877 -- Van der Bilt: c. 1660 -- The Blatherskite and the namesake: April 2, 1882 -- Society as I have found it: October 22, 1883 -- Venetian princesses: March 26, 1883 -- American royalty: November 6, 1895 -- Failure is impossible: May 4, 1912 -- Down with the ship: May 1915 -- Standing in a cold shower, tearing up hundred-thousand-dollar bills: September 15, 1934 -- Living a Roman à Clef: November 21, 1934 -- Gloria at La Côte Basque: November 28, 1966 -- The last Vanderbilt: October 28, 1978, and June 17, 2019 -- Epilogue. Christmas Eve, 1930.