The Vanderbilts and their fortunes

CHMNK copy 39088019653948 donation by Jack Gray in honor of Nina Gray.

The Vanderbilts -- Phebe Hand -- New York, 1787 -- Cornell -- The fortune -- Periauger days -- Bellona -- The commodore -- Rate cutting and rampage -- The north star -- Railroad empire -- New York central -- Fast horses and fast women -- The last days of a mogul -- Death of the commodore -- The great will fight -- The public be damned -- The triumph of Willie K. -- The richest man in the world -- Enter the yachtsman -- Enter the duchess -- The man with the iron will -- The unpleasantness -- The schism deepens -- Tragedy on the high seas -- The general and the gentleman -- The last triumvirate -- Triumph of death and taxes -- The end of the line -- The summing up

Picture of an affluent era when the family amassed a fabulous fortune through domination of the shipping world and absolute control of railroads.