Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780688103866 (0688103863)
ASIN: 0688103863
Publish date: 1991-02-20
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
3.5 Stars Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.( Benjamin Franklin)The very name Vanderbilt is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, "the Commodore,” built a fortune that made him t...
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