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1) Vanderbilt: the rise and fall of an American dynasty

Author

Cooper, Anderson

Language

English

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Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

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Drawing on never-before-seen documents and told from a unique insider's viewpoint, the CNN anchor tells the story of his legendary family and their remarkable influence

2) Astor: the rise and fall of an American fortune

Author

Cooper, Anderson

Language

English

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NYT - Paperback Nonfiction

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Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Type

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"The story of the Astors is an extraordinary but true tale of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention -- and of cunning, determination, hard work, hubris, infighting, and greed. One of the wealthiest men to have ever lived, John Jacob Astor first arrived in New York in 1783 and built a fortune through a ruthless expansion of his beaver trapping business, which he grew into an empire through real estate that enriched him at the expense of...