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The Last Castle

Author : Denise Kiernan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476794065
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Last Castle written by Denise Kiernan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120 years of history pass by its front door. The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivating cast of real-life characters including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Teddy Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness. He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates. Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area. When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore—and secure the future of the region and her husband’s legacy. This is the fascinating, “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished, faltered, and ultimately endured to this day.

Fortune's Children

Author : Arthur T. Vanderbilt, II
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062288377
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Fortune's Children written by Arthur T. Vanderbilt, II and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 world's richest people. Fortune's Children tells the dramatic story of all the amazingly colorful spenders who dissipated such a vast inheritance.

Biltmore Estate

Author : John Bryan
Publisher : Rizzoli
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Biltmore Estate written by John Bryan and published by Rizzoli. This book was released on 1994-09-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original architectural drawings, sketches, plans, 19th century photographs, and new color photographs give the history and description of this architectural landmark.

The Vanderbilt Homes

Author : Robert B. King
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Vanderbilt Homes written by Robert B. King and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1989 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linked with wealth and power since the 1860s, the Vanderbilts have often been regarded as America's "royal family". Here are 25 of their spectacular houses built during the country's Gilded Age, the height of Vanderbilt preeminence. The dwellings include Fifth Avenue townhouses, luxurious Newport summer palaces, and vast Adirondack mountain retreats. Illustrated.

Vanderbilt

Author : Anderson Cooper
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006296464X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Vanderbilt written by Anderson Cooper and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts. One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2021 When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by “the Commodore,” subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers—the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius’s grandson and namesake had built—the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.

Vanderbilt Mansion

Author : Charles W. Snell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Vanderbilt Mansion written by Charles W. Snell and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biltmore Estate

Author : Ellen Erwin Rickman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738517490
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Biltmore Estate written by Ellen Erwin Rickman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a pictorial look at the history of the Biltmore Estate and the lives of the Vanderbilt family.

Biltmore Estate Specialities of the House

Author : Oxmoor House
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780848712464
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Biltmore Estate Specialities of the House written by Oxmoor House and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taste the grandeur and opulence of the Victorian Era by visiting the pages of this exquisite cookbook. Discover delicious historic recipes from the private collection of Mrs. George Washington Vanderbilt, updated to accommodate life in the 1990s. They are joined by the renowned recipes of Deerpark Restaurant, located on the Biltmore Estate.

Vanderbilt Mansion

Author : Charles W. Snell
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160616457
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Vanderbilt Mansion written by Charles W. Snell and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Park Service Handbook 32.

Lady on the Hill

Author : Howard E. Covington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Lady on the Hill written by Howard E. Covington and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-03-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1950s, attorneys, financial managers, and tax accountants were united in advising Cecil and his brother, George, to sell off the estate's 12,000 acres in order to create a suburban subdivision. Cecil quietly ignored this advice and came up with a better idea: over the next four decades, he would turn this down-at-the-heels mansion that was a drain on the family business into the most successful, privately preserved historic site in the United States, perhaps even the world.

Biltmore House: America’s Largest Private Residence

Author : Ruth Daly
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
ISBN 13 : 148963391X
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Biltmore House: America’s Largest Private Residence written by Ruth Daly and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Biltmore House boasts the title of America’s largest private residence. Built more than 100 years ago by George Washington Vanderbilt, Biltmore House stands as a lasting legacy of the Gilded Age of American history. Explore the facility, history, people, and science behind the building in Biltmore House, a Castles of the World book.

Sargent Paintings

Author : John Singer Sargent
Publisher : Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780486410647
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Sargent Paintings written by John Singer Sargent and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 2000-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) produced works that helped establish the popular image of life among the rich and privileged. Sargent's skill in capturing a sense of aristocratic refinement, the dazzling richness of his brushwork, and his ability to flatter his subjects shine bright throughout this superb card collection. 24 full-color paintings include Oyster Gatherers of Cancale, Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast, Garden Study of the Vickers Children, Self-Portrait, The Sons of Mrs. Malcolm Forbes, and more. Ready to frame or mail, these fine art cards have been meticulously reproduced at the highest possible standards.

Italian Gardens

Author : Charles Adams Platt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Italian Gardens written by Charles Adams Platt and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate

Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
ISBN 13 : 0635068982
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate written by Carole Marsh and published by Gallopade International. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His head is missing?" Michele asked. "Whose head?" When the answer turns out to be Blackbeard, fiercest pirate of the all. Four kids set off on a real adventure in North Carolina's real pirate haunt port town of Bath. While struggling to recover a special prop and save an outdoor drama, the kids learn about the Golden Age of Piracy up and down the American coast from Maine to Florida. They also learn a lot of history, solve a mystery, meet a legend and much more! They have a lot of Jolly Roger laughs! But do they find the treasure? Hmm, would they tell? Avast! This mystery's a treasure trove of fun! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Blackbeard's death History of Bath, NC Š Bath geography Š History of Ned Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard Š Amphitheaters Š History of the Bonner family and Bonner's Point Š History of the Palmer-Marsh House Š Information on St. Thomas Church Š Lustre Š Pontipool Š Mary Ormond, Blacackbeard's wife Š Legend of the Magic Horse Tracks Š SailorsŠ mirrors Š Erosion Š Bath Creek Š Teach's Hole, Ocracoke Island, NC Š Plum Point, Bath Š Buzzard Inn, Š Bath Public Library Š St. Thomas Cemetery Š Van Der Veer House Š Magic Horse Tracks near Washington, NC. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.2 Accelerated Reader Points: 4 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74560 Lexile Measure: 780 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40

These Tangled Threads (Bells of Lowell Book #3)

Author : Tracie Peterson
Publisher : Bethany House
ISBN 13 : 1441203338
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book These Tangled Threads (Bells of Lowell Book #3) written by Tracie Peterson and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 of Bells of Lowell. Timid yet alluring Daughtie Winfield finds herself in a precarious position when the new doctor casts his favor upon her. Though flattered by his attention, she is drawn to Liam Donohue, a local Irish artisan. As Daughtie and Liam work together to help runaway slaves, their friendship blossoms. But her work in the mills is threatened when a downturn in profits causes the Associates to decrease wages--resulting in plans for a strike. With the fate of the textile industry in an upheaval, will her hopes for love be thwarted as dissention infiltrates life in Lowell?

"Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age"

Author : Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588395839
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book "Artistic Furniture of the Gilded Age" written by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bulletin presents new discoveries and historical documentation on the preeminent New York cabinetmaker George A. Schastey, illuminating his life and his under-appreciated body of work while providing the first in-depth analysis of the Worsham-Rockefeller house and its patron Arabella Worsham.

William H Vanderbilt's House and Collection Volumes 1-3

Author : Edward Strahan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435755715
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book William H Vanderbilt's House and Collection Volumes 1-3 written by Edward Strahan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: reprint of 1883 10 volume Holland version of William H Vanderbilt's House and Collection....contained in this book is Volumes 1 thru 3.....every page in color!!!!