Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Description: 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table, color map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062964618
- 0062964615
- Rise and fall of an American dynasty
- Vanderbilt family
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877 -- Family
- Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-2019 -- Family
- Businessmen -- United States -- Biography
- Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Steamboats -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Socialites -- United States -- Biography
- Millionaires -- United States -- Biography
- Upper class -- United States -- Biography
- Wealth -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- 973.5092/2 B 23
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BOOK | Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction | Non-fiction | 973 .5092 Coope (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Staff Picks | 21402 |
Color illustrations on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index.
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.
Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts.
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