The CNN anchor confronted his own ancestors in “Vanderbilt.” Now he’s tackling another great dynasty: the Astors.
The Astors and Vanderbilts competed for power and prestige over decades; the Vanderbilt fortune was so massive that the Astors were forced to accept the nouveau riche
interlopers. Cooper met the last “Mrs. Astor”— another grand dame of New York society — as a young man, but she failed to recognize or acknowledge him when he was working as a waiter at a chic New York restaurant. By then, the Astor fortune was almost gone. Cooper sat down with The Washington Post to discuss money, power, history and the myths of the American Dream. I am fascinated by these families.
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