The Verdendorps: A Novel 1880 Scarce ~ Expose of Robber Baron Vanderbilt Family

Description: Description Title: The Verdendorps: A Novel Author: Basil Verdendorp [pseud.] Description: Green cloth board with gilt stamped spine; covers ruled in blind. Corners pushed; shelf-side of corners exposed; cloth shows some minor soiling. Owner's private library label and pencil inscription on front endpapers. Light soiling on a few pages. 376 pages. [American Fiction 1876-1900: 5672]. A thinly veiled, questionably libelous satire/fictionalized expose of one of America's robber baron families, the Vanderbilts. It is speculated that the author may have been a family tutor, writing under a pseudonym, from the perspective of Cornelius Jeremiah ''Corneel'' Vanderbilt. The second half is based in part on the legal battle which ensued between Corneel and his brother William over the will of their father, ''Commodore'' Cornelius Vanderbilt, following his death in 1877. Reviewed in the May 5, 1880 Springfield Republican: ''The Vanderbilt will case, in all its nauseousness, is spread out... old Vanderbilt and his successor, the second wife with her peculiar relations to the son, Rev. Dr. Deems, the lawyers and judges--all the hideous corruption of social and family life, the base subservience of the courts, religion, and even journalism, are depicted with rude literalness.'' Some well known American writers are also introduced pseudonymously, including Louisa May Alcott (''the Concord Dotard''), Henry James, and Richard Grant Wright (''Richard Empiricus''). Binding: Hardcover Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition: None Publisher: Charles M. Hertig Place: Chicago Year: 1880 Keywords: Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt family, robber baron, Shipping We ship all items within one business day. Domestic orders are shipped via USPS Media Mail. Other shipping options are available to meet your needs.

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