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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
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- Gertrude Whitney
- Willie K.
- Mrs. Astor
- Consuelo
- Grace Wilson
- Reggie
- William Vanderbilt
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Gloria
- Mr. Burkan
- Harry Lehr
- Billy
- Ward Mcallister
- Neil
- William H. Vanderbilt
- Keislich
- Thelma
- Alice Vanderbilt
- Corneel
- Mrs. Twombly
- George
- Esther
- Alfred
- Mrs. Fish
- Harold
- Dr. Linsly
- Bessie Lehr
- Mamie
- Sophia
- Daniel Drew
- Canfield
- Madam
- Harry Whitney
- Richard Hunt
- Oliver
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- Newport
- United States
- Europe
- Paris
- New York Central
- Staten Island
- England
- Marlborough
- America
- Florham
- Harlem
- France
- Long Island
- Washington Place
- West Shore
- Chicago
- London
- Albany
- Vanderbilts
- Manhattan
- Old Westbury
- Germany
- Tennessee
- New Jersey
- Wall Street
- Beaulieu
- Blenheim
- Philadelphia
- California
- Atlantic
- Idlehour
- Vinland
- San Francisco
- Hudson River
- Switzerland
- Versailles
- Marble House
- Central Park
- New Dorp
- Florida
- Nicaragua
- Pacific
- Russia
- Boston
First Sentence edit
That Wednesday morning, May 10, 1876, reporters from every New York City newspaper gathered in front of the townhouse at 10 Washington Place, waiting for some sign that eighty-two-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Commodore as he was called, had passed away.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Arthur T. Vanderbilt (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0688072798
Page Count: 496
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0688072798
Page Count: 496
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 973.08621
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