Fortune's children: the fall of the house of Vanderbilt
United States history, Biography, General non-fiction, Economics
Human-narrated audio
Summary
The author is one of the many Vanderbilts who inherited the name, but not the fortune. By his generation, the $100 million estate amassed by Cornelius Vanderbilt and added to by his son, had been squandered away. Cornelius's grandson's wife… began the spending spree as she and suc- ceeding generations accumulated pricey toys, built colossal homes, and partied away their fortune