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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

Name: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
ISBN: 9780761855071

The Unlikely Hero of the Lusitania

Steven H. Gittelman,

Emily Gittelman,

English
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eBook - ePub

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

The Unlikely Hero of the Lusitania

Steven H. Gittelman,

Emily Gittelman,

About this book

At a young age, Alfred Vanderbilt inherited a massive fortune of $40 million and control of the Vanderbilt railroading empire. With no interest in business matters, the youth squandered his wealth on horses and women on two continents. None of the Vanderbilts gave as much fuel for gossip to the curious public as Alfred. By the time the extravagant playboy boarded the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, he was the subject of numerous scandals, including the suicide of four different women. But as the ship went down, he spent the last minutes of his life rescuing women and children and forgoing his own life. How is it that this wraith, this gluttonous, opulent youth, could undergo an entire change of character in his last few moments? Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt follows Alfred's journey from philanderer to hero in this incredible, never-before-told story of the hero of the Lusitania.

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