Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt - The Unlikely Hero of the Lusitania

Informationen zum Autor Steven H. Gittelman has served as president of the Board of Trustees at The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum for fifteen years. This is his second volume on the lives of various Vanderbilts.This book represents a particular pleasure as he has had the rare joy of writing it with his daughter, Emily.Emily Gittelman is a recent graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She was born the year that her father started volunteering at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and grew up around stories of the Vanderbilt family. She is honored and thrilled to be part of this project and sharing this experience with her father. Klappentext Alfred Vanderbilt was extravagant playboy that became the subject of numerous scandals. During the sinking of the Lusitania, he spent his last moments rescuing women and children. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt follows Alfred's journey from philanderer to hero in this incredible, never-before-told story of the hero of the Lusitania. Zusammenfassung Alfred Vanderbilt was extravagant playboy that became the subject of numerous scandals. During the sinking of the Lusitania, he spent his last moments rescuing women and children. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt follows Alfred’s journey from philanderer to hero in this incredible, never-before-told story of the hero of the Lusitania. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Eighteen MinutesChapter 2: The Unlikely HeirChapter 3: The GiftChapter 4: An Equal MatchChapter 5: Working Man: Whips, Skirts, and CoattailsChapter 6: A Serpentine Curve: A Failure To StopChapter 7: Extramarital Horsing AroundChapter 8: A Whirling AbyssChapter 9: Severing TiesChapter 10: The Brighton RoadChapter 11: A Reputation to DefendChapter 12: The AlibiChapter 13: In the DarkChapter 14: Indiscreet RomanceChapter 15: A Rising TideChapter 16: 1914Chapter 17: Leaving Pier 54Chapter 18: At SeaChapter 19: Eighteen MinutesChapter 20: AftermathAfterwordBibliographyIndex...

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• Authors: Emily Gittelman, Steven H. Gittelman, Steven H./ Gittelman Gittelman, Gittelman Emily, Gittelman Steven H.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2013
• EAN: 9780761855064
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5506-4
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Disaster;Equestrian;Lusitania;Shipwreck;Vanderbilt