Vanderbilt : : the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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Call Number: 973.509 Co, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century / Cooper, Anderson
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Color illustrations on endpapers.
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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Interesting but slow read submitted by msarah on July 19, 2022, 9:48pm Little slow, hard to get into.
The Vanderbilts were not good with their money and the best thing they did was establish a higher education institution. Not much else to show for it!