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Fortune's Children | 
 enlarge | Author: Arthur T. Vanderbilt 2nd
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 60728
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0688103863
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.08621
EAN: 9780688103866
ASIN: 0688103863
Publication Date: February 20, 1991
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Product Description
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. 32 pages of photographs.
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 Couldn't put it down! December 12, 2008
I visited the Biltmore Estate this summer and became interested in the Vanderbilt family. This book was very interesting and I learned a lot of very interesting information about the family. Also learned by reading this book that money doesn't buy you happiness!
 A Review of Fortune's Children November 24, 2008
I visited Biltmore Estate with my family in October. I wanted to know more about the Vanderbilt family so I bought this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about what could have been a very dry topic. This author brought the family to life for me. I recommend this book if you want to know the Vanderbilt history...how they made their money and how they managed to spend most of it.
A look into some Vanderbilts April 11, 2008
Arthur Vanderbilt II takes great care in researching and describing his own family tree. despite the fact that there are still many Vanderbilts that are missing, such as Frederick Vanderbilt who built the mansion in Hyde Park, NY, the book is a very good quick reference of the family tree.
This is a must have for historians of the Guiled Age and Vanderbilt family, as Arthur has compiled an extensive bibliography of re fences and primary sources that are immensely important for further research.
Fortune's Children February 13, 2008
Extremely interesting account of the demise of the Vanderbilt fortune. Obviously, this will not be available at the Biltmore Estate bookshop!
Fortune's Children January 13, 2008
Being a recent visitor to The Breakers and a past visitor to the Vanderbilt mansion on the Hudson River in New York, I am fascinated by this family and their lives.
I am still reading this book and find it quite interesting, but I would have liked to have a family tree just as another reviewer mentioned and definitely more pictures would have been appreciated.
I know that I will be purchasing other Vanderbilt books to quench my thirst for knowledge of this family.
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