Vanderbilt

Author : Anderson Cooper,Katherine Howe
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062964649

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Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper,Katherine Howe Pdf

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts. One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2021 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. Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.

Author : Amy Vanderbilt,Letitia Baldrige
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Etiquette
ISBN : 0385133758

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The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette by Amy Vanderbilt,Letitia Baldrige Pdf

Advice geared to contemporary living on correct behavior in a wide variety of situations.

Author : Peter Funch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942953313

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42nd and Vanderbilt by Peter Funch Pdf

Author : Ryan Underwood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781637630044

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A Year Like No Other by Ryan Underwood Pdf

The University that was at the heart of the research to discover the vaccines for the pandemic pens the story of how it all happened. In 2020, as COVID-19 threw the U.S. higher education system into turmoil, university administrators around the country debated whether it was prudent—or even possible—to teach students in person or conduct laboratory research amid a once-in-a-century pandemic. For the leadership at Vanderbilt University, the answer to the question was a resounding Yes. Viewing residential education and collaborative research as essential to its academic and societal mission, Vanderbilt was one of a small number of America’s top universities to put rigorous safety protocols in place to allow students, faculty, and research personnel back to campus in the fall. Told with recollections and insights from Vanderbilt’s leaders, students, faculty, and staff, and moving at a pace matching the events it describes, A Year Like No Other takes readers from Vanderbilt’s near-shutdown in the spring through its reopening for the 2020–2021 academic year, providing an inside look at how the university coped not only with COVID-19, but also with a tragic night of tornadoes and the urgent calls for racial justice following the killing of George Floyd. A Year Like No Other also highlights some of the vital contributions that faculty at Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have made to the development of COVID-19 vaccines and therapies, with research fueled in part by Dolly Parton, the beloved country music legend. A Year Like No Other captures a singular moment in the university’s history while delivering a concise portrait of successful crisis management playing out amid the fast-changing circumstances of global health threats and a barrage of local hardships.

Author : Wendy Goodman
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0810995921

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The World of Gloria Vanderbilt by Wendy Goodman Pdf

Gloria Vanderbilt brought the family name out of the Gilded Age and into the Digital Age, reinventing herself over and over along the way. Hers is a story of charisma, glamour, and heartbreaking loss. The illustrations include portraits of Vanderbilt and her extraordinary homes.

Author : T.J. Stiles
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400031740

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The First Tycoon by T.J. Stiles Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilt’s humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history. In between we see how the Commodore helped to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation. Epic in its scope and success, the life of Vanderbilt is also the story of the rise of America itself.

Author : Arthur T. Vanderbilt, II
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062288370

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Fortune's Children by Arthur T. Vanderbilt, II Pdf

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.

Author : Steven H. Gittelman,Emily Gittelman
Publisher : Hamilton Books
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761855071

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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt by Steven H. Gittelman,Emily Gittelman Pdf

At a young age, Alfred Vanderbilt inherited a massive fortune of $40 million and control of the Vanderbilt railroading empire. With no interest in business matters, the youth squandered his wealth on horses and women on two continents. None of the Vanderbilts gave as much fuel for gossip to the curious public as Alfred. By the time the extravagant playboy boarded the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, he was the subject of numerous scandals, including the suicide of four different women. But as the ship went down, he spent the last minutes of his life rescuing women and children and forgoing his own life. How is it that this wraith, this gluttonous, opulent youth, could undergo an entire change of character in his last few moments? Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt follows Alfred’s journey from philanderer to hero in this incredible, never-before-told story of the hero of the Lusitania.

Author : Steven H. Gittelman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786458233

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Willie K. Vanderbilt II by Steven H. Gittelman Pdf

The Vanderbilts were one of the great American families of the industrial era. This book explores the life of one of its lesser-known scions of the fourth generation, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, known simply as Willie K. An inheritor, not a builder, Willie K. lacked the drive and ambition necessary for furthering the Vanderbilt dynasty, especially in the political atmosphere of bank failures, the dawn of progressivism, and the First World War. This biography, while the story of one man, is also an exploration of the burden of enormous wealth, the danger of inherited dreams, and the struggle for self-actualization regardless of wealth or social status.

Author : Gloria Vanderbilt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Collage
ISBN : 0883650975

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Gloria Vanderbilt Book of Collage by Gloria Vanderbilt Pdf

Author : Tom Vanderbilt
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781524732165

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Beginners by Tom Vanderbilt Pdf

The bestselling author of Traffic and You May Also Like now offers a thought-provoking, playful investigation into the transformative joys that come with starting something new, no matter one's age.

Author : Robert Wernick
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612306131

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Vanderbilt's Biltmore by Robert Wernick Pdf

The original sketch for the Biltmore, George Washington Vanderbilt's grand estate in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, laid out plans for a modest Tuscan villa. But ambition quickly took wing. The house swelled to 225 rooms and became - until 2012 when it was topped by the home of a billionaire in Mumbai, India - the world's largest residence ever built for a private citizen. Here, in this short-form book, New York Times bestselling author Robert Wernick tells the story of the house that Vanderbilt built - from the gardens by Frederick Law Olmsted to the John Singer Sargent portraits that adorn its walls.

Author : Tom Vanderbilt
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780307373175

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Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt Pdf

Driving is a fact of life. We are all spending more and more time on the road, and traffic is an issue we face everyday. This book will make you think about it in a whole new light. We have always had a passion for cars and driving. Now Traffic offers us an exceptionally rich understanding of that passion. Vanderbilt explains why traffic jams form, outlines the unintended consequences of our attempts to engineer safety and even identifies the most common mistakes drivers make in parking lots. Based on exhaustive research and interviews with driving experts and traffic officials around the globe, Traffic gets under the hood of the quotidian activity of driving to uncover the surprisingly complex web of physical, psychological and technical factors that explain how traffic works.

Author : Gloria Vanderbilt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439137246

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It Seemed Important at the Time by Gloria Vanderbilt Pdf

An elegant, witty, frank, touching, and deeply personal account of the loves both great and fleeting in the life of one of America's most celebrated and fabled women. Born to great wealth yet kept a virtual prisoner by the custody battle that raged between her proper aunt and her self-absorbed, beautiful mother, Gloria Vanderbilt grew up in a special world. Stunningly beautiful herself, yet insecure and with a touch of wildness, she set out at a very early age to find romance. And find it she did. There were love affairs with Howard Hughes, Bill Paley, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few, and one-night stands, which she writes about with delicacy and humor, including one with the young Marlon Brando. There were marriages to men as diverse as Pat De Cicco, who abused her; the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, who kept his innermost secrets from her; film director Sidney Lumet; and finally writer Wyatt Cooper, the love of her life. Now, in an irresistible memoir that is at once ruthlessly forthright, supremely stylish, full of fascinating details, and deeply touching, Gloria Vanderbilt writes at last about the subject on which she has hitherto been silent: the men in her life, why she loved them, and what each affair or marriage meant to her. This is the candid and captivating account of a life that has kept gossip writers speculating for years, as well as Gloria's own intimate description of growing up, living, marrying, and loving in the glare of the limelight and becoming, despite a family as famous and wealthy as America has ever produced, not only her own person but an artist, a designer, a businesswoman, and a writer of rare distinction.

Author : Anderson Cooper
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061743351

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Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper Pdf

From one of America’s leading reporters comes a deeply personal, extraordinarily powerful look at the most volatile crises he has witnessed around the world, from New Orleans to Baghdad and beyond. Dispatches from the Edge of the World is a book that gives us a rare up-close glimpse of what happens when the normal order of things is suddenly turned upside down, whether it’s a natural disaster, a civil war, or a heated political battle. Over the last year, few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict than Anderson Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has become the touchstone of twenty-first century journalism. This book explores in a very personal way the most important - and most dangerous - crises of our time, and the surprising impact they have had on his life. From the devastating tsunami in South Asia to the suffering Niger, and ultimately Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Cooper shares his own experiences of traversing the globe, covering the world’s most astonishing stories. As a television journalist, he has the gift of speaking with an emotional directness that cuts through the barriers of the medium. In his first book, that passion communicates itself through a rich fabric of memoir and reportage, reflection and first-person narrative. Unflinching and utterly engrossing, this is the story of an extraordinary year in a reporter’s life.