Bibliograph

Fortune's children, the fall of the house of Vanderbilt, Arthur T. Vanderbilt II

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Fortune's children, the fall of the house of Vanderbilt, Arthur T. Vanderbilt II

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-481) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fortune's children

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

828144067

Responsibility statement

Arthur T. Vanderbilt II

Sub title

the fall of the house of Vanderbilt

Summary

Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, "the Commodore," built a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after his death, no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Written by descendant Arthur T. Vanderbilt II, Fortune's Children traces the dramatic and amazingly colorful history of this great American family, from the rise of industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt to the fall of his progeny--wild spendthrifts whose profligacy bankrupted a vast inheritance

Table Of Contents

The Commodore (1794-1877) -- The blatherskite (1877-1883) -- Alva (1875-1883) -- Consuelo (1883-1895) -- Alice of the Breakers 91895-1899) -- The court jesters (1895-1912) -- Biltmore (1895-1933) -- The Kingfisher (1899-1931) -- Reggie (1901-1934) -- Mrs Vanderbilt (1934-1955)

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