Search Results
Showing Item 3 of 44
Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
Book
First edition.
Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts.
"New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts.One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2021. When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by “the Commodore,” subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers—the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius’s grandson and namesake had built—the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures." --Amazon.com.
"New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts.One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2021. When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by “the Commodore,” subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers—the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius’s grandson and namesake had built—the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures." --Amazon.com.
Available copies
- 41 of 46 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
2 current holds with 46 total copies.View other formats and editions
| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Free Library | B VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31002150871100 |
Available - |
| Bedford Hills Free Library | B VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31003151491120 |
Available - |
| Briarcliff Manor Public Library | B VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31036150954029 |
Available - |
| Bronxville Public Library | B VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31004151791337 |
Available - |
| Bronxville Public Library | B VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31004151821951 |
Available - |
| Chappaqua Library | BIOGRAPHY VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31005153450582 |
Available - |
| Chappaqua Library | BIOGRAPHY VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31005600105300 |
Available - |
| Croton Free Library | B VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31006151845997 |
Available - |
| Dobbs Ferry Public Library | 920 C (Text) Nonfiction |
31007151418363 |
Available - |
| Eastchester Public Library | B VANDERBILT (Text) Biography |
31008152553778 |
Available - |
| Next 10 » | |||
| LDR | 07447cam a2201033 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 5195245 | ||
| 003 | WEST | ||
| 005 | 20220120143906.0 | ||
| 008 | 210902t20212021nyuabfj b 001 0ceng d | ||
| 010 | . | ‡a 2021022430 | |
| 015 | . | ‡aGBC1G4832 ‡2bnb | |
| 016 | 7 | . | ‡a020348465 ‡2Uk |
| 019 | . | ‡a1264502487 ‡a1267696453 ‡a1273598693 ‡a1273729617 ‡a1277044300 ‡a1280350758 ‡a1281195834 ‡a1283076791 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a9780062964618 ‡q(hardcover) : ‡c30.00 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a0062964615 ‡q(hardcover) : ‡c30.00 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a9780062964625 ‡q(paperback : Harper, 2022) : ‡c18.99 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a0062964623 ‡q(paperback : Harper, 2022) : ‡c18.99 | |
| 029 | 1 | . | ‡aAU@ ‡b000069748110 |
| 029 | 1 | . | ‡aUKMGB ‡b020348465 |
| 029 | 1 | . | ‡aAU@ ‡b000070074221 |
| 029 | 1 | . | ‡aAU@ ‡b000070097204 |
| 029 | 1 | . | ‡aAU@ ‡b000069985603 |
| 035 | . | ‡a(OCoLC)1267472139 ‡z(OCoLC)1264502487 ‡z(OCoLC)1267696453 ‡z(OCoLC)1273598693 ‡z(OCoLC)1273729617 ‡z(OCoLC)1277044300 ‡z(OCoLC)1280350758 ‡z(OCoLC)1281195834 ‡z(OCoLC)1283076791 | |
| 040 | . | ‡aDAD ‡beng ‡erda ‡cDAD ‡dJBU ‡dOCLCO ‡dOX9 ‡dOJ4 ‡dTCH ‡dSO$ ‡dFMG ‡dLEB ‡dJNE ‡dILC ‡dYDX ‡dCDX ‡dCGB ‡dNTE ‡dUKMGB ‡dUBY ‡dCNNWP ‡dHQD ‡dYXF ‡dOCLCF ‡dAU@ ‡dMNE ‡dZ#6 ‡dOCL ‡dUtOrBLW | |
| 043 | . | ‡an-us--- | |
| 050 | 4. | ‡aCT274.V35 ‡bV36 2021 | |
| 050 | 4. | ‡aCT274.V35 ‡bC66 2021 | |
| 082 | 0 | 4. | ‡a929.20973 ‡a973.5092/2 ‡aB ‡223 |
| 100 | 1 | . | ‡aCooper, Anderson, ‡eauthor. ‡0BSLW 330880 ‡0(WEST)27051 |
| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aVanderbilt : ‡bthe rise and fall of an American dynasty / ‡cAnderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. |
| 246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aRise and fall of an American dynasty |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ‡c[2021] | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©2021 | |
| 300 | . | ‡axvi, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations (some color), genealogical table, color map ; ‡c24 cm | |
| 336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
| 336 | . | ‡astill image ‡bsti ‡2rdacontent | |
| 336 | . | ‡acartographic image ‡bcri ‡2rdacontent | |
| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 340 | . | ‡pillustration ‡pmap ‡pgenealogical table ‡2rdaill | |
| 340 | . | ‡pplate ‡ptable | |
| 500 | . | ‡aColor illustrations on endpapers. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aPrologue. 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. |
| 520 | . | ‡aAnderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts. | |
| 520 | . | ‡a"New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts.One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2021. When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by “the Commodore,” subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers—the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius’s grandson and namesake had built—the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures." --Amazon.com. | |
| 600 | 3 | 0. | ‡aVanderbilt family. ‡0sh 85142040 ‡0(WEST)2112 |
| 600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aVanderbilt, Cornelius, ‡d1794-1877. ‡0n 50045037 ‡0(WEST)619 |
| 600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aVanderbilt, Cornelius, ‡d1794-1877 ‡xFamily. ‡0n 50045037 |
| 600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aVanderbilt, Gloria, ‡d1924-2019 ‡xFamily. ‡0n 80009859 |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aBusinessmen ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. ‡0BSLW 248086 ‡0(WEST)66040 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aRailroads ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y19th century. ‡0BSLW 298784 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aSteamboats ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y19th century. ‡0BSLW 103236 ‡0(WEST)71988 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aSocialites ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. ‡0BSLW 325206 ‡0(WEST)226514 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aMillionaires ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. ‡0BSLW 191980 ‡0(WEST)133878 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aUpper class ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. ‡0BSLW 314543 ‡0(WEST)219035 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aWealth ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory. ‡0BSLW 126017 ‡0(WEST)87914 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century. ‡2bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous. ‡2bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business. ‡2bisacsh | |
| 600 | 3 | 7. | ‡aVanderbilt family. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst00215247 ‡0(WEST)2112 |
| 600 | 1 | 7. | ‡aVanderbilt, Cornelius, ‡d1794-1877. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst00015529 ‡0(WEST)619 |
| 600 | 1 | 7. | ‡aVanderbilt, Gloria, ‡d1924-2019. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst00049257 ‡0(WEST)330353 |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aBusinessmen. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst00842951 ‡0(WEST)6258 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aFamilies. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01728849 ‡0(WEST)27829 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aMillionaires. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01021857 ‡0(WEST)15400 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aRailroads. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01088711 ‡0(WEST)18624 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aSocialites. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01123767 ‡0(WEST)20520 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aSteamboats. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01132443 ‡0(WEST)21041 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aUpper class. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01162136 ‡0(WEST)22447 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aWealth. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01172973 ‡0(WEST)22976 | |
| 651 | 7. | ‡aUnited States. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01204155 ‡0(WEST)24147 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aBusinessmen ‡vBiography. ‡2sears ‡0(WEST)222379 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aRailroads. ‡2sears ‡0(WEST)18624 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aSocialites ‡vBiography. ‡2sears | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aMillionaires ‡vBiography. ‡2sears ‡0(WEST)155757 | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aUpper class ‡vBiography. ‡2sears | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aWealth. ‡2sears ‡0(WEST)22976 | |
| 648 | 7. | ‡a1800-1899 ‡2fast | |
| 653 | . | ‡aModern history (c 1788-1914) | |
| 653 | . | ‡aBiography & Memoir | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aHistory. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01411628 ‡0(WEST)26450 | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aBiographies. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01919896 | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aBiographies. ‡2lcgft ‡0gf2014026049 | |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aHowe, Katherine, ‡d1977- ‡eauthor. ‡0no2014136246 |
| 994 | . | ‡aZ0 ‡bVVW | |
| 948 | . | ‡hNO HOLDINGS IN VVW - 969 OTHER HOLDINGS | |
| 901 | . | ‡a5195245 ‡bOCoLC ‡c5195245 ‡tbiblio ‡soclc | |
Search Results
Showing Item 3 of 44