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Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt

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Vanderbilt: the very name signifies wealth. The family patriarch, "the Commodore", built up a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after the Commodore's death, one of his direct descendants died penniless, and no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Fortune's Children tells the dramatic story of all the amazingly colorful spenders who dissipated such a vast inheritance. 32 pages of photographs.

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"[W]itty, entertaining and sad." Publishers Weekly

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"This could give Donald Trump nightmares....An absorbing social history." Library Journal
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Arthur T, Vanderbilt II is the author of many books, among them Changing Law, a biography of his grandfather Arthur T. Vanderbilt, which won the American Bar Association's Scribes Award. He practices law in New Jersey.
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ISBN:
9780688103866
Author:
Vanderbilt II, Arthur T.
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Author:
Vanderbilt, Arthur T.
Author:
Vanderbilt 2nd, Arthur T.
Author:
by Arthur T Vanderbilt 2nd
Author:
by Arthur T Vanderbilt 2nd
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Historical - U.S.
Subject:
Rich & Famous
Subject:
Upper class
Subject:
Vanderbilt family
Subject:
United States Biography.
Subject:
Biography-Rich and Famous
Copyright:
1989
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Publication Date:
19910231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
544
Dimensions:
9.47x5.87x1.37 in. 1.30 lbs.
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