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Language
English
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Description
In The Vanderbilts, the family's astounding story is told in full: from the farmstead beginnings of the Commodore on Staten Island to the pinnacle of wealth, fame, and social standing achieved by the legendary Vanderbilt ladies-Consuelo, Alva, Grace, Gertrude, and Gloria. The text traces the commercial machinations that established their fortune and the Vanderbilt mania for house building that engaged some of America's finest designers and architects....
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the family once called the most powerful in America. In the 1800s Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt made a fortune in shipping and railroads, but by the 1900s the dynasty has been disgraced through a series of extravagant excesses, family backbiting, and sexual indiscretions
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In an effort to serve the perfect fried potato dish to the famous but fussy Cornelius Vanderbilt at the Moon's Lake Lodge House Restaurant in 1853, fry cook George Crum invents the potato chip. Based on true events.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Written by a master storyteller, Tycoon's War is the remarkable account of an epic imperialist duel-;a violent battle of the capitalist versus the idealist, money versus ambition, and a monumental clash of egos that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Americans. This incredible true story-;impeccably researched and never before told in full-;is packed with greed, intrigue, and some of the most hair-raising battle scenes ever written. Stephen Dando-Collins...
Publisher
A & E Television Network
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Showcases several fabulous homes built by legends America's wealthiest tycoons, combining architectural, cultural and biographical commentary. Estates included are Beechwood and Cliveden (the Astors), the castle shared by Consuelo vanderbilt and the Duke of Marlborough, Skibo (Andrew Carnegie), Chateau Sur Mer (two Vanderbilt brothers), The Breakers (Cornelius and Alice Vanderbilt), and Marble House (William and Alva Vanderbilt).
