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A review by stacia_reads
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
5.0
336p
I listened to the audiobook, read by the author.
I really enjoyed the way Cooper approached this book. It was less personal than I expected in some ways, more a history of the Vanderbilts that could've been written by anyone. Except it was written by a member of the family—and a journalist. He had access to information and records and people that most authors could only dream of, and though his connections colored some of the historical Vanderbilt stories, it was when he began telling the story of his mother that this turned from a biography to a true memoir.
I listened to the audiobook, read by the author.
I really enjoyed the way Cooper approached this book. It was less personal than I expected in some ways, more a history of the Vanderbilts that could've been written by anyone. Except it was written by a member of the family—and a journalist. He had access to information and records and people that most authors could only dream of, and though his connections colored some of the historical Vanderbilt stories, it was when he began telling the story of his mother that this turned from a biography to a true memoir.