CNN Anderson Cooper 360 September 17, 2021 05:54:00
Complicated childhood and when i was growing up, the vanderbilt dynasty with its enormous palaces and lavish lifestyles had long since vanished. to me, the vanderbilts were like ghosts. mysterious people from a past i wanted nothing to do with. after my mom died and my son, wyatt, was born in 2020, i began to wonder what i would tell him about the vanderbilts. what did i hope he learns from the lives they led and the choices they made? i began going through boxes my mom had in her apartment. they were filled with photos and old newspaper clippings. 130-year-old school books her father doodled ...