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9780062964625
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Book Title
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Vanderbilt : the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
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HarperCollins
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8 in
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Publication Year
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2022
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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1 in
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Transportation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
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Rich & Famous, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, United States / 19th Century, Railroads / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Business
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11.3 Oz
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5.3 in
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352 Pages
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Cooper, Anderson,Howe,
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062964623
ISBN-13
9780062964625
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10057245427
Product Key Features
Book Title
Vanderbilt : the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Rich & Famous, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, United States / 19th Century, Railroads / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Business
Genre
Transportation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
929.20973 973.5092/2
Synopsis
Born at the end of the eighteenth 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 redefined the meaning of excess in the nineteenth and twentieth 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 Vanderbilts-those who built the dynasty and those whose lives were forever shaped by it for better or worse. This is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures. Book jacket., “Splendid. . . . haunting and beautifully written.” — Washington Post The #1 New York Times bestselling chronicle of the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty, from CNN anchor and journalist Anderson Cooper and historian and novelist Katherine Howe. One of the Washington Post ‘s Notable Works of Nonfiction When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires–one in shipping and another in railroads–that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by “the Commodore,” subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers–the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius’s grandson and namesake had built–the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures., Now in paperback, the #1 New York Times bestselling chronicle of the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty, from CNN anchor and journalist Anderson Cooper and historian and novelist Katherine Howe. One of the Washington Post’s Notable Works of Nonfiction When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires–one in shipping and another in railroads–that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by “the Commodore,” subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers–the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius’s grandson and namesake had built–the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.
LC Classification Number
CT274
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