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Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
- Title
- Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe.
- Author
- Cooper, Anderson
- Publication
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- ©2021
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Howe, Katherine, 1977-
- Description
- xvi, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table, color map; 24 cm
- Summary
- Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts.
- Alternative Title
- Rise and fall of an American dynasty
- Subjects
- Steamboats
- Railroads
- Wealth
- Upper class
- Millionaires
- Socialites
- Businessmen
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877
- Biographies
- United States
- Families
- Vanderbilt family
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- Wealth > United States > History
- Upper class > United States > Biography
- Millionaires > United States > Biography
- Socialites > United States > Biography
- Steamboats > United States > History > 19th century
- Railroads > United States > History > 19th century
- Businessmen > United States > Biography
- Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-2019 > Family
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877 > Family
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Note
- Color illustrations on endpapers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-101
- ISBN
- 9780062964618
- 0062964615
- 9780063118324
- 0063118327
- LCCN
- 2021022430
- OCLC
- 1267472139
- Author
- Cooper, Anderson, author.
- Title
- Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index.
- Added Author
- Howe, Katherine, 1977- author.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-101