02618cam a2200481 i 4500 529530518 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 210902s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062964618 hbk. $18.00 (AMAZON) 0062964615 hbk. $18.00 (AMAZON) TxAuBib rda Cooper, Anderson. Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty / Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. Rise and fall of an American dynasty. First edition. $18.00 (AMAZON): New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier 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. Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts. 20211108. Vanderbilt family. Vanderbilt, Cornelius 1794-1877. Vanderbilt, Cornelius 1794-1877. Family. Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-2019 Family. Businessmen United States Biography. Railroads United States History 19th century. Steamboats United States History 19th century. Socialites United States Biography. Millionaires United States Biography. Upper class United States Biography. Wealth United States History. Biography and autobiography. Howe, Katherine, author.