Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Howe, Katherine, 1977- author
Published
New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780062964618, 0062964615
Status
Milton Public Library - Adult Biography
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Milton Public Library - Adult Biography | B VANDERBILT | On Shelf |
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Brown Public Library - Adult Biography | B Vanderbilt | Checked Out | May 14, 2024 |
Brownell Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 920 COO | On Shelf | |
Burnham Memorial Library - Adult Biography | BIO Vanderbilt | On Shelf | |
Calef Memorial Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 929.2 COO | On Shelf | |
Carpenter-Carse Library - Adult Non-Fiction | B VANDERBILT | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Physical Desc
xvi, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062964618, 0062964615
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-299) and index.
Description
"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."--,Amazon.com
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cooper, A., & Howe, K. (2021). Vanderbilt: the rise and fall of an American dynasty (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cooper, Anderson and Katherine Howe. 2021. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cooper, Anderson and Katherine Howe. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cooper, Anderson,, and Katherine Howe. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
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