Willie K. Vanderbilt II

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Willie K. Vanderbilt II is written by Steven H. Gittelman and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 078644777X (ISBN 10) and 9780786447770 (ISBN 13).

The Vanderbilts were one of the great American families of the industrial era. This book explores the life of one of its lesser-known scions of the fourth generation, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, known simply as Willie K. An inheritor, not a builder, Willie K. lacked the drive and ambition necessary for furthering the Vanderbilt dynasty, especially in the political atmosphere of bank failures, the dawn of progressivism, and the First World War. This biography, while the story of one man, is also an exploration of the burden of enormous wealth, the danger of inherited dreams, and the struggle for self-actualization regardless of wealth or social status.