The Vanderbilts: How American Royalty Lost Their Crown Jewels

Here's a story that I read:




The Vanderbilts’ lavish homes, opulent parties and colorful characters made them the Gilded Age’s poster family. At one time some of America’s richest thanks to a booming railroad business, they have seen their dollars turn to dust. So where did it all go?


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