TY - BOOK AU - Cooper,Anderson AU - Howe,Katherine TI - Vanderbilt: the rise and fall of an American dynasty SN - 9780062964618 AV - CT274.V35 C66 2021 U1 - 973.5092/2B 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Vanderbilt family. KW - Vanderbilt, Cornelius, KW - Vanderbilt, Gloria, KW - Businessmen KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Railroads KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Steamboats KW - Socialites KW - Millionaires KW - Upper class KW - Wealth KW - Hommes d'affaires KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - Bateaux à vapeur KW - Histoire KW - 19e siècle KW - Personnalités KW - Millionnaires KW - Classes supérieures KW - Richesse KW - HISTORY / United States / 19th Century KW - bisacsh KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business KW - fast KW - Families KW - sears KW - Modern history (c 1788-1914) KW - Biography & Memoir KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - 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 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 N2 - Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts ER -