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Anderson discussed his new book, which detailed the rise and fall of the Vanderbilt dynasty, highlighting the family's wealth and the resulting misery it caused across generations.
His new book, Vanderbilt, The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty is available now.
— Episode: Anderson Cooper
Episode: Anderson Cooper
Anderson discussed his new book, which detailed the rise and fall of the Vanderbilt dynasty, highlighting the family's wealth and the resulting misery it caused across generations.
His new book, Vanderbilt, The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty is available now.
Man, this book is fantastic and of course you're writing this story because you are a direct descendant of the great Vanderbilt.
And what this book chronicles, which it's a tale as old as time, is just how much misery all this money brought. And the pathology of it.
Well, the book is terrific. Congratulations, Vanderbilt.
I got the sense that reading it that it's a great historical account but it's also, I would think therapeutic because I know that you spent the majority of your life not wanting to face this side of your family tree and wanting to make it as Anderson Cooper.