Arthur T. Vanderbilt Ii - Fortune's Children The Fall Of The House Of Vanderbilt - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Wall Street Journal Bestseller For fans of Downton Abbey a real - life American version of the Crawley family Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the drama splendor and wealth of the legendary Vanderbilts. 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.
Title: Fortune's Children The Fall Of The House Of Vanderbilt
Author(s): Arthur T. Vanderbilt Ii
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062224064
Pages: 544 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/26/2012