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Fortune's Children By Arthur T. Vanderbilt 2nd ( Harper Paperbacks )
Release Date: 1991-02-20
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Product 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. 32 pages of photographs.
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 A Review of Fortune's Children ( smitty405 )
I visited Biltmore Estate with my family in October. I wanted to know more about the Vanderbilt family so I bought this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about what could have been a very dry topic. This author brought the family to life for me. I recommend this book if you want to know the Vanderbilt history...how they made their money and how they managed to spend most of it.
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A look into some Vanderbilts
Arthur Vanderbilt II takes great care in researching and describing his own family tree. despite the fact that there are still many Vanderbilts that are missing, such as Frederick Vanderbilt who built the mansion in Hyde Park, NY, the book is a very good quick reference of the family tree.
This is a must have for historians of the Guiled Age and Vanderbilt family, as Arthur has compiled an extensive bibliography of re fences and primary sources that are immensely important for further research.
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Fortune's Children
Extremely interesting account of the demise of the Vanderbilt fortune. Obviously, this will not be available at the Biltmore Estate bookshop!
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 Fortune's Children
Being a recent visitor to The Breakers and a past visitor to the Vanderbilt mansion on the Hudson River in New York, I am fascinated by this family and their lives.
I am still reading this book and find it quite interesting, but I would have liked to have a family tree just as another reviewer mentioned and definitely more pictures would have been appreciated.
I know that I will be purchasing other Vanderbilt books to quench my thirst for knowledge of this family.
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Why you shouldn't leave your kids any money
It was like reading a trashy novel - but this is nonfiction. I found it fascinating to read how a mob mentality can take over a person even when it is "mobs" of money surrounding them. Greed and status overtook any common sense, or even love for their children. I now understand why Andrew Carnegie gave all his money away.
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