Fortune's Children
The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
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4.3 • 164 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
Fortune’s Children
Interesting read, going East in the spring planning on a visit to Newport and seeing all the homes mentioned.
Great Read
Interesting insightful look at the whole Vanderbilt family. It is both joyous and sad at the same. I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone who is looking for more detailed information on the whole Gilded Age as well as the prominent families that created it.
A splendid history
A concise , detailed history of American aristocracy.
Written so well, so smooth, and with such precise
detail, that it is one long splendid dream of the gilded age. Extremely interesting, informative, and haunting.