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Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780062964618
  • 0062964615
Other title:
  • Rise and fall of an American dynasty
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.5092/2 B 23
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 a Clef: November 21, 1934 -- Gloria at La Cote Basque: November 28, 1966 -- The last Vanderbilt: October 28, 1978, and June 17, 2019 -- Epilogue. Christmas Eve, 1930.
Summary: Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
BIOG BIOG Chamberlin Free Public Library Biography B VAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 07/18/2025 34480000584163

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 a Clef: November 21, 1934 -- Gloria at La Cote 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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